Total Crime Rate

55.0 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 55.0 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 21.1 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.5 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.3 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.3 6/10
  • Burglary 4.2 5/10
  • Drugs 2.1 1/10
  • Other crime 2.1 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.1 1/10
  • Public order 2.1 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Spean Drive area has the 26th lowest crime rate of 89 local areas in Hyson Green & Arboretum , and the 280th lowest crime rate of 939 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 Spean Drive (NG8 3NQ) in the last 12 months was 55.0 per 1,000 residents and was 68.6% lower 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -9.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 25.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 3.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Spean Drive (NG8 3NQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Dalemoor Gardens, where police recorded 43 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Aspley Lane (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Spean Drive area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chapman Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Dalemoor Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Revesby Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Meridian Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Dalemoor Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Dalemoor Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Margarets Avenue
Sep 2025Robbery Dalemoor Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Dalemoor Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dalemoor Gardens
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dalemoor Gardens
Sep 2025Burglary Robin'S Wood Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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