Total Crime Rate
150.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
106.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Olton Avenue area has the 7th highest crime rate of 39 local areas in Lenton & Wollaton East , and the 287th 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 Olton Avenue (NG9 2SP) in the last 12 months was 150.4 per 1,000 residents and was 37.5% higher than the Lenton & Wollaton East average (109.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 106.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Olton Avenue (NG9 2SP), the main crime hotspot is near Boundary Road. Police recorded 36 crimes here, including 24 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 | Other crime | Wensor Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wensor Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Baslow Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bosley Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bosley Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Aston Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Charles Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Boundary Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Charles Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Charles Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Charles Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wensor Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Enderby Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Enderby Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Enderby Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Brook Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wingfield Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Olton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Anslow Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Anslow Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Anslow Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aston Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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