Total Crime Rate
30.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
15.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Holbeck Road area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 89 local areas in Hyson Green & Arboretum , and the 121st 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 Holbeck Road (NG8 3PB) in the last 12 months was 30.7 per 1,000 residents and was 83.9% lower 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 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violent crimes ( 166.7% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 15.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 166.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Holbeck Road (NG8 3PB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Dorothy Grove, where police recorded 23 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Vale Crescent North (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Nottingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Trafford Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dorothy Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trafford Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Trafford Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vale Crescent North | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Trafford Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holbeck Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holbeck Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Holbeck Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Franklyn Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westholme Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westholme Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Westholme Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Westholme Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trafford Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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