Total Crime Rate
498.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
210.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hardy Street area has the 4th highest crime rate of 89 local areas in Hyson Green & Arboretum , and the 41st 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 Hardy Street (NG7 4BB) in the last 12 months was 498.9 per 1,000 residents and was 161.7% 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 66 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -16.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 95 (≈ 210.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hardy Street (NG7 4BB), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 126 crimes here, including 64 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Hyson Green & Arboretum| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | A'Court Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Limpenny Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hardy Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Elmore Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Elmore Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Southey Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Southey Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Southey Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sunbourne Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sunbourne Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sunbourne Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Sunbourne Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sunbourne Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sunbourne Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Limpenny Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Limpenny Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Limpenny Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thoroton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | The Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ortzen Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ortzen Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Ortzen Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ortzen Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ortzen Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | The Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Limpenny Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Grove | Under investigation |
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