Total Crime Rate
479.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
58.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hartley Drive area has the 5th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Beeston Central , and the 8th highest crime rate of 367 local areas in Broxtowe .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Hartley Drive (NG9 2WE) in the last 12 months was 479.3 per 1,000 residents and was 271.6% higher than the Beeston Central average (129.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 82 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 58.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -15.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hartley Drive (NG9 2WE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hawthorn Grove, where police recorded 98 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lilac Crescent (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Beeston Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hawthorn Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Clarkson Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Hawthorn Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hawthorn Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hawthorn Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hawthorn Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hawthorn Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hawthorn Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawthorn Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Evelyn Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lilac Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarkson Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hawthorn Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alexandra Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Herald Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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