Crime in Nottingham

Police.uk reported crime in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire. Category breakdown, 24-month trend, and postcode-district hot and cold spots within the town.

Incidents reported (12m)
60,106
+6.8% vs prior year
Window
Nov 2024 – Oct 2025
Police.uk reports ~2 months in arrears.
Refreshed
7 May 2026

Crime in Nottingham by category

Last 12 months, all 14 Police.uk categories. Bars are scaled to the largest category in Nottingham.

Category Incidents % of mix Volume
Violence and sexual offences 18,089 30.1%
Anti-social behaviour 10,533 17.5%
Criminal damage and arson 5,839 9.7%
Public order 4,720 7.9%
Other theft 4,524 7.5%
Vehicle crime 3,047 5.1%
Shoplifting 2,643 4.4%
Drugs 2,615 4.4%
Burglary 2,458 4.1%
Other crime 2,138 3.6%
Possession of weapons 1,169 1.9%
Robbery 968 1.6%
Bicycle theft 696 1.2%
Theft from the person 667 1.1%

Where Nottingham's crime mix differs from the UK

Top 5 categories where Nottingham's 12-month share differs most from the national average. Percentage-point delta. Positive means more concentrated in Nottingham than the UK as a whole.

Category Nottingham UK Delta
Violence and sexual offences 30.1% 31.7% -1.6 pp
Vehicle crime 5.1% 6.5% -1.4 pp
Anti-social behaviour 17.5% 16.3% +1.2 pp
Other crime 3.6% 2.8% +0.8 pp
Criminal damage and arson 9.7% 9.0% +0.8 pp

Monthly incident volume

Nov 2023 to Oct 2025. Police.uk publishes ~2 months in arrears.

5,605 2,803 0 Nov 2023 Oct 2024 Oct 2025
Monthly incident volume
MonthValue
2023-115210
2023-124728
2024-014940
2024-024778
2024-035062
2024-044974
2024-055605
2024-065418
2024-075593
2024-085352
2024-094654
2024-105198
2024-114895
2024-124700
2025-014765
2025-024278
2025-035192
2025-045064
2025-055487
2025-065277
2025-075462
2025-085009
2025-094875
2025-105102

Hottest postcode districts in Nottingham

  • NG11 60,106 incidents (12m)
  • NG12 60,106 incidents (12m)
  • NG13 60,106 incidents (12m)
  • NG14 60,106 incidents (12m)
  • NG15 60,106 incidents (12m)

Quietest postcode districts in Nottingham

  • 28,267 incidents (12m)
  • NG1 29,645 incidents (12m)
  • NG10 53,728 incidents (12m)
  • NG8 57,758 incidents (12m)
  • NG11 60,106 incidents (12m)

Postcode-district counts use the bounding box of every address in the district, so they're approximate. Treat them as a relative ranking within Nottingham rather than an absolute count.

What Nottingham crime data isn't

  • Reported, not actual. Many crimes go unreported. The data reflects what reached Police.uk, not the underlying incidence rate.
  • Locations are obfuscated. Each incident is mapped to a snap point within roughly 250 metres of the true location to protect victim privacy.
  • Force-by-force inconsistency. Different police forces classify and record borderline incidents differently. Comparing two areas covered by different forces needs care.
  • Patrol-density bias. Areas with heavier patrol presence record more incidents, partly because more crime is observed and reported.

FAQ

All incidents come from Police.uk, the official open-data feed published by UK police forces. Data is updated monthly. The figures show what was reported and recorded, not necessarily what happened.
Police.uk obfuscates each incident location to a "snap point", typically the centre of the nearest street or a similar landmark within roughly 250 metres. This protects victim privacy. The category and month are accurate; the precise address is intentionally not.
Read them as one signal among many. Anti-social behaviour and vehicle crime are quality-of-life signals. Burglary trends matter for insurance and security. Raw counts reflect both the actual incident rate and how heavily an area is patrolled and reported, so busy commercial streets always look 'worse' than quiet residential ones.
Police.uk publishes about two months in arrears. So crime for January typically appears in March or April. The 12-month window on this page ends with the most recent month available.

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