Total Crime Rate

62.5 per 1,000 6/10 Β· Typical

All offences Β· 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 62.5 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 15.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 10.1 3/10
  • Burglary 8.5 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.5 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.8 4/10
  • Other theft 5.1 5/10
  • Drugs 1.7 1/10
  • Other crime 1.7 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 1.7 1/10
  • Public order 1.7 1/10
  • Theft from the person 1.7 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Forster Street area has the 28th lowest crime rate of 89 local areas in Hyson Green & Arboretum , and the 320th 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 3DH) in the last 12 months was 62.5 per 1,000 residents and was 64.3% 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 Vehicle crime with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 350.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -53.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (β‰ˆ 13.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -42.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Forster Street (NG7 3DH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 140 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Radford Grove Lane (39 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 2025Drugs Millers Court Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Lonsdale Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Warner Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Warner Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Dulwich Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area β€”
Sep 2025Drugs Bastion Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Lonsdale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cleveland Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Redoubt Street β€”
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Player Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Byfield Close β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Byfield Close β€”
Sep 2025Other theft Byfield Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Byfield Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Sports/Recreation Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Redoubt Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket β€”
Sep 2025Shoplifting Redoubt Street Awaiting court outcome

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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