Total Crime Rate
67.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
24.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Birkin Avenue area has the 24th lowest crime rate of 70 local areas in Berridge , and the 329th lowest crime rate of 934 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 Birkin Avenue (NG7 5AE) in the last 12 months was 67.9 per 1,000 residents and was 45.3% lower than the Berridge average (124.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violent crimes ( -35.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 24.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -35.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -74.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Birkin Avenue (NG7 5AE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Weston Avenue, where police recorded 90 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 Hyson Green & Arboretum| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Crewe Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Claypole Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Claypole Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Terrace Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Claypole Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Claypole Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Belper Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Belper Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Maples Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bovill Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Terrace Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Weston Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Palin Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ortzen Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Robey Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dalkeith Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Kirkstead Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Ortzen Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burwell Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Holland Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Terrace Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Holland Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holland Street | Under investigation |
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