Total Crime Rate
184.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
100.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Southfield Road area has the 33rd highest crime rate of 89 local areas in Hyson Green & Arboretum , and the 216th highest crime rate of 934 local areas in Nottingham .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Southfield Road (NG8 3PL) in the last 12 months was 184.4 per 1,000 residents and was 3.3% 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 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 100.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Southfield Road (NG8 3PL), the main crime hotspot is near Marchwood Close. Police recorded 42 crimes here, including 23 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Nottingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Southfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Southfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dorothy Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Southfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Kennington Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Kennington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kennington Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Medway Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Southfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | New Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vale Crescent North | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marchwood Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marchwood Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Marchwood Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Southfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chesil Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | New Road | Under investigation |
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