Crime Statistics for Highbury Vale, Wollaton, Nottinghamshire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Highbury Vale in October 2024. There were a total of 345 incidents. 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 Highbury Vale, 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	138
Criminal Damage Arson	36
Shoplifting	30
Public Order	26
Drugs	24
Other Theft	24
Vehicle Crime	22
Burglary	14
Other Crime	12
Possession Of Weapons	9
Theft From The Person	3
Bicycle Theft	3
Robbery	2
Anti Social Behaviour	2
All Crime	345

Map of street level crime incidents in October 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Highbury Vale. 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 Highbury Vale

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

Location	Crime Incidents
New Basford (1.39 miles)	731
Old Basford (0.88 miles)	627
Cinderhill (0.88 miles)	472
Top Valley (0.88 miles)	402
Aspley (1.39 miles)	346
Highbury Vale	345
Bulwell Forest (0.62 miles)	340
Bestwood (1.39 miles)	318
Bulwell (0.88 miles)	227
Hempshill Vale (1.24 miles)	113

Where are the most violent places near Highbury Vale?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
New Basford	318
Old Basford	271
Cinderhill	223
Top Valley	166
Bestwood	141
Highbury Vale	138
Aspley	137
Bulwell Forest	126
Bulwell	102
Hempshill Vale	67

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

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 Highbury Vale 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 Highbury Vale compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Aspley	88
2	Berridge	79
3	Bestwood	76
4	Basford	75
5	Bulwell	74
6	Bilborough	67
7	Bulwell Forest	64
8	Leen Valley	64
9	Kimberley	49
10	Nuthall East & Strelley	48
11	Wollaton West	25

Which road in Highbury Vale has the highest level of crime?

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