Crime Statistics for Top Valley, City of Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, 2024

Crime statistics for Top Valley, City of Nottingham

There were a total of 388 street level crime incidents in Top Valley in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Criminal Damage Arson.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Top Valley, 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 CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime144
Criminal Damage Arson56
Shoplifting44
Other Theft38
Public Order28
Burglary18
Drugs16
Other Crime15
Vehicle Crime12
Possession Of Weapons7
Robbery3
Anti Social Behaviour3
Theft From The Person3
Bicycle Theft1
All Crime388

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2024

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

How grim is your Postcode?

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 Top Valley

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Old Basford (1.24 miles)431
Highbury Vale (0.88 miles)420
Sherwood (1.75 miles)410
Top Valley388
Bulwell Forest (0.62 miles)362
Cinderhill (1.75 miles)347
Bulwell (1.24 miles)295
Bestwood (0.62 miles)243
Redhill (1.39 miles)211
Bestwood Village (1.24 miles)109

12.97%
of Bulwell Forest residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Top Valley?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Old Basford179
Highbury Vale165
Top Valley144
Cinderhill144
Sherwood134
Bulwell Forest128
Bulwell102
Bestwood102
Redhill86
Bestwood Village50

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

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 Top Valley 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 Top Valley compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Top Valley and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Top Valley is ranked #7.

#WardScore
1Berridge79
2Bestwood76
3Basford75
4Bulwell74
5Hucknall South70
6Sherwood67
7Bulwell Forest64
8Daybrook62
9Nuthall East & Strelley48
10Redhill46
11Ernehale41

Which road in Top Valley has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
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