Crime Statistics for Old Basford, Wollaton, Nottinghamshire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Old Basford in August 2024. There were a total of 973 incidents. 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 Old Basford, 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 Crime328
Anti Social Behaviour174
Shoplifting96
Criminal Damage Arson86
Public Order82
Other Theft50
Burglary38
Drugs32
Vehicle Crime27
Other Crime22
Possession Of Weapons14
Robbery10
Bicycle Theft8
Theft From The Person6
All Crime973

Map of street level crime incidents in August 2024

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

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

LocationCrime Incidents
New Basford (0.62 miles)1189
Old Basford919
Highbury Vale (0.88 miles)799
Mapperley Park (1.39 miles)751
Carrington (0.88 miles)681
Aspley (1.39 miles)524
Top Valley (1.24 miles)482
Sherwood (1.24 miles)480
Cinderhill (1.24 miles)327
Bestwood (1.39 miles)303

19.34%
of Basford residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Old Basford?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
New Basford399
Old Basford328
Aspley269
Highbury Vale264
Carrington237
Mapperley Park219
Sherwood154
Top Valley146
Cinderhill127
Bestwood85

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

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 Old Basford 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 Old Basford compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Old Basford and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Old Basford is ranked #4.

#WardScore
1Hyson Green & Arboretum89
2Aspley88
3Berridge79
4Basford75
5Bulwell74
6Radford68
7Mapperley67
8Sherwood67
9Leen Valley64
10Nuthall East & Strelley48
11Wollaton West25

Which road in Old Basford has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: August 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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