Total Crime Rate
106.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
31.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Forster Street area has the 44th lowest crime rate of 89 local areas in Hyson Green & Arboretum , and the 430th highest crime rate of 934 local areas in Nottingham .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Forster Street (NG7 3DB) in the last 12 months was 106.9 per 1,000 residents and was 43.9% lower than the Hyson Green & Arboretum average (190.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 31.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Forster Street (NG7 3DB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Redoubt Street, where police recorded 183 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Byfield Close (48 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Radford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | A6130 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dulwich Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Redoubt Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Redoubt Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Redoubt Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Leaning Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trafalgar Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dulwich Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dulwich Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Dulwich Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bastion Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Redoubt Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lonsdale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lonsdale Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cleveland Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Gatling Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Gatling Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Gatling Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Middleton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bulwer Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bulwer Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hopedale Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hopedale Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Redoubt Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Redoubt Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bright Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Redoubt Street | Under investigation |
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