Total Crime Rate
323.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
194.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Norton Street area has the 17th highest crime rate of 89 local areas in Hyson Green & Arboretum , and the 95th highest crime rate of 934 local areas in Nottingham .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Norton Street (NG7 3HJ) in the last 12 months was 323.9 per 1,000 residents and was 69.9% higher 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 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 48 (≈ 194.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 41.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Norton Street (NG7 3HJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ilkeston Road, where police recorded 148 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Norton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Wimbourne Road | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Byfield Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Byfield Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Byfield Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Byfield Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Byfield Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wimbourne Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Leroy Wallace Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Leroy Wallace Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leroy Wallace Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Denison Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Denison Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Denison Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ben Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ben Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Denison Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Norton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trafalgar Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Cope Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Collison Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Crewe Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Palin Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burwell Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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