Crime Statistics for Watnall, Nottinghamshire, Nottinghamshire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Watnall in August 2024. There were a total of 64 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Watnall, 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	18
Shoplifting	13
Anti Social Behaviour	10
Vehicle Crime	5
Public Order	4
Other Theft	3
Drugs	3
Criminal Damage Arson	2
Burglary	2
Possession Of Weapons	1
Other Crime	1
Robbery	1
Theft From The Person	1
All Crime	64

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 Watnall. 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 Watnall

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Newthorpe (1.39 miles)	256
Moorgreen (1.75 miles)	196
Hempshill Vale (1.39 miles)	181
Bogend (0.88 miles)	107
Nuthall (0.88 miles)	89
Nottingham Canal (1.85 miles)	84
Awsworth (1.75 miles)	69
Watnall	64
Greasley (1.39 miles)	30
Babbington (1.39 miles)	5

Where are the most violent places near Watnall?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Newthorpe	92
Hempshill Vale	79
Awsworth	51
Moorgreen	48
Nottingham Canal	38
Nuthall	28
Watnall	18
Bogend	12
Greasley	10
Babbington	0

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

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 Watnall 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 Watnall compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Aspley	88
2	Bulwell	74
3	Cotmanhay	64
4	Eastwood Hilltop	60
5	Eastwood Hall	53
6	Awsworth, Cossall & Trowell	51
7	Kimberley	49
8	Nuthall East & Strelley	48
9	Hucknall West	40
10	Watnall & Nuthall West	39
11	Greasley	28

Which road in Watnall has the highest level of crime?

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