Postcode · Nottingham
Crime in NG5 8AD
How much crime is recorded in NG5 8AD, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Plains Estate
- Council
- Gedling
- Region
- East Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,734 (2024)
NG5 8ADNottingham
How safe is NG5 8AD
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 18.8 offences per 1,000 people a year in the NG5 8AD area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 4 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
4/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
18.8
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
30
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Recorded offences per 1,000 people a year (counting both residents and people who work locally, or per 1,000 households for burglary).
NG5 8ADNational
Violence and sexual offences14.423.6
Anti-social behaviour4.110.7
Burglary2.99.1
Other crime2.31.5
Vehicle crime1.93.5
Criminal damage and arson1.84.7
Other theft1.54.5
Possession of weapons1.40.9
Public order0.74.6
Drugs0.52.4
Shoplifting0.48.4
Robbery0.31.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 45% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.