Crime Statistics for Bestwood, City of Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, 2024

There were a total of 320 street level crime incidents in Bestwood in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Bestwood, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	125
Anti Social Behaviour	68
Shoplifting	37
Criminal Damage Arson	21
Public Order	16
Other Theft	11
Other Crime	10
Vehicle Crime	10
Drugs	9
Burglary	5
Possession Of Weapons	4
Bicycle Theft	2
Theft From The Person	1
Robbery	1
All Crime	320

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Bestwood. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Bestwood

We've taken the ten nearest places to Bestwood and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Bestwood has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Old Basford (1.39 miles)	431
Highbury Vale (1.39 miles)	420
Sherwood (1.39 miles)	410
Top Valley (0.62 miles)	388
Bulwell Forest (1.24 miles)	378
Bestwood	320
Bulwell (1.86 miles)	288
Mapperley (1.75 miles)	268
Redhill (0.88 miles)	211
Bestwood Village (1.39 miles)	132

Where are the most violent places near Bestwood?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Bestwood and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Old Basford	179
Highbury Vale	165
Top Valley	144
Sherwood	134
Bestwood	125
Bulwell Forest	112
Mapperley	92
Redhill	86
Bulwell	81
Bestwood Village	43

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Bestwood?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Bestwood to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Bestwood compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Bestwood and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Bestwood is ranked #2.

#	Ward	Score
1	Berridge	79
2	Bestwood	76
3	Basford	75
4	Bulwell	74
5	Sherwood	67
6	Bulwell Forest	64
7	Daybrook	62
8	Redhill	46
9	Ernehale	41
10	Porchester	26
11	Woodthorpe	18

Which road in Bestwood has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Bestwood with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Belleville Drive.