Total Crime Rate

39.6 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

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 39.6 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 25.6 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.0 4/10
  • Burglary 2.3 1/10
  • Other crime 2.3 1/10
  • Other theft 2.3 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Northdown Road area has the 15th lowest crime rate of 89 local areas in Hyson Green & Arboretum , and the 187th 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 Northdown Road (NG8 3PF) in the last 12 months was 39.6 per 1,000 residents and was 77.4% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 25.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -38.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 67.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Northdown Road (NG8 3PF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near New Road, where police recorded 33 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Northdown Road (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Northdown Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Dorothy Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Ainsley Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Bicycle theft New Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Fleet Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sports/Recreation Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vale Crescent North Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vale Crescent North Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Vale Crescent North Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Southfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Vale Crescent North Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Northdown Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Northdown Road
Sep 2025Other crime Holbeck Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Holbeck Road
Sep 2025Shoplifting Dorothy Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Dorothy Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Dorothy Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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