Total Crime Rate
120.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Lion Close area has the 31st highest crime rate of 67 local areas in Aspley , and the 358th 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 Lion Close (NG8 5ED) in the last 12 months was 120.2 per 1,000 residents and was 5.5% lower than the Aspley average (127.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -58.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 49.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -84.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lion Close (NG8 5ED), the main crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 81 crimes here, including 29 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Aspley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Berrydown Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Bodmin Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Thorndale Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Llanberis Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Llanberis Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Farwells Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lion Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Broxtowe Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Tavern Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Tavern Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tavern Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Lime Tree Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lime Tree Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Broxtowe Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bodmin Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Smedley Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Penrith Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Commodore Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wendover Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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