Total Crime Rate

156.3 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

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 156.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 71.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.8 7/10
  • Shoplifting 15.6 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 9.4 9/10
  • Drugs 9.4 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.3 5/10
  • Other crime 6.3 8/10
  • Other theft 6.3 6/10
  • Public order 6.3 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.3 6/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Southfield Road area has the 35th highest crime rate of 89 local areas in Hyson Green & Arboretum , and the 267th highest crime rate of 939 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 156.3 per 1,000 residents and was 10.7% 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 400.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 78.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 78.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Southfield Road (NG8 3PL), the main crime hotspot is near Marchwood Close. Police recorded 35 crimes here, including 17 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Southfield Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newland Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Ainsley Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Bicycle theft New Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Midland Way
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 Canterbury Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Canterbury Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Medway Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vale Crescent North Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Vale Crescent North Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Vale Crescent North Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Southfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vale Crescent North Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Kennington Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Dorothy Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Northdown Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Dorothy Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Dorothy Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Dorothy Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newland Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Marchwood Close
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marchwood Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marchwood Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Northdown Road
Sep 2025Drugs Marchwood Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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