Total Crime Rate
83.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
38.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Birchwood Road area has the 15th lowest crime rate of 42 local areas in Bilborough , and the 401st lowest crime rate of 934 local areas in Nottingham .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Birchwood Road (NG8 2ET) in the last 12 months was 83.3 per 1,000 residents and was 24.0% lower than the Bilborough average (109.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -16.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 38.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 37.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Birchwood Road (NG8 2ET), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cockington Road, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sandringham Crescent (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Nottingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitby Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Plantation Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cockington Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandringham Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandringham Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nidderdale | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Firbeck Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Fairburn Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beaumont Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beaumont Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beaumont Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Beaumont Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitby Close | Under investigation |
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