Total Crime Rate

50.3 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 50.3 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.6 6/10
  • Drugs 12.6 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.3 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 6.3 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Forster Street area has the 23rd lowest crime rate of 89 local areas in Hyson Green & Arboretum , and the 249th lowest crime rate of 939 local areas in Nottingham .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Forster Street (NG7 3DB) in the last 12 months was 50.3 per 1,000 residents and was 71.2% lower than the Hyson Green & Arboretum average (175.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 1 case , down -87.5% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -87.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 6.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -87.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.1% 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 115 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Byfield Close (36 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Forster Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Robbery Bright Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Redoubt Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Redoubt Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Redoubt Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Redoubt Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Redoubt Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Redoubt Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Redoubt Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Redoubt Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Radford Boulevard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Redoubt Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Redoubt Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Redoubt Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Redoubt Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Redoubt Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Redoubt Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Redoubt Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Redoubt Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hartley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Redoubt Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Byfield Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Norton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Ashburnham Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Byfield Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Byfield Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Byfield Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Byfield Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Byfield Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hartley Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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