Total Crime Rate

196.1 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

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 196.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 50.4 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 36.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 25.2 10/10
  • Drugs 25.2 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 11.2 10/10
  • Other theft 8.4 7/10
  • Public order 8.4 7/10
  • Theft from the person 8.4 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.4 7/10
  • Burglary 5.6 6/10
  • Robbery 5.6 7/10
  • Other crime 2.8 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Old Mill Close area has the 29th highest crime rate of 89 local areas in Hyson Green & Arboretum , and the 195th highest crime rate of 939 local areas in Nottingham .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Old Mill Close (NG7 3JZ) in the last 12 months was 196.1 per 1,000 residents and was 12.1% higher than the Hyson Green & Arboretum average (175.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 75.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -47.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -1.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Old Mill Close (NG7 3JZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Highurst Street, where police recorded 87 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Denison Street (41 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Old Mill Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Norton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Argyle Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Balfour Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Argyle Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Highurst Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Highurst Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Highurst Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Highurst Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Highurst Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Highurst Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Highurst Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Argyle Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Argyle Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Independent Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Highurst Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bloomsgrove Street
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wolsey Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Garden Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Garden Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Garden Street
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Highurst Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Kyme Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Thoroton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Thoroton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Thoroton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ilkeston Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Highurst Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Highurst Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Ilkeston Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bentinck Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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