Crime and Safety in Beeston, Nottinghamshire
Last updated: 07 Jun 2026
Beeston is among the top 5 safest medium-sized towns in Nottinghamshire, and is the 45th most dangerous overall out of Nottinghamshire's 236 towns, villages, and cities. The overall crime rate in Beeston in 2026 is 64 crimes per 1,000 people. This compares favourably to Nottinghamshire's overall crime rate, coming in 18% lower than the Nottinghamshire rate of 78 per 1,000 daytime population. For England, Wales, and Northern Ireland as a whole, Beeston is the 99th most dangerous medium-sized town, and the 1,363rd most dangerous location out of all towns, cities, and villages.
In December 2025, Beeston was the worst medium-sized town in Nottinghamshire for burglary, with 34 crimes reported and a crime rate of 0.60 per 1,000 daytime population. March 2024 was also a bad month for Beeston residents, when it was Nottinghamshire's most dangerous medium-sized town for vehicle crime, recording 22 crimes at a rate of 0.39 per 1,000 daytime population.
The most common crimes in Beeston are violence and sexual offences, with 1,251 offences during 2026, giving a crime rate of 22. This is 8% higher than 2025's figure of 1,163 offences and a difference of 1.50 from 2025's crime rate of 21. Beeston's least common crime is theft from the person, with 21 offences recorded in 2026, a decrease of 4.5% from 2025's figure of 22 crimes.
Beeston 2026 Crime Scorecard
Top 5 Safest
Medium-Sized Towns, Nottinghamshire
8% lower, regional crime rate
East Midlands
11% lower, national crime rate
England, Wales & NI
Local Crime in Context
As of April 2026, the crime rate in Beeston is 8% lower than the East Midlands and 11% lower than the England, Wales & Northern Ireland overall figure.
Beeston Crime Rate Over Time
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Beeston Crime Map
Incidents mapped in Beeston represent the time frame between January 2016 and April 2026. Each point on the map represents an area where crimes have been recorded locally.
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Introduction to Beeston's crime statistics
This crime profile provides a detailed view of crime and safety around Beeston up to April 2026, the most recent data release available. The crime figures and statistics have been calculated across each of Beeston's 1,243 postcodes using three area sizes for comparison:
- Within a Five-Minute Walk
- Within a Ten-Minute Walk
- Within a Fifteen-Minute Walk
Individual crime risk scores and index figures are for the 12-month period ending April 2026 unless otherwise stated.
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Crime Risk Scores
Beeston • 12 Months Ending April 2026
The typical five-minute walk within Beeston has a crime risk score of 390. This is based on analysis of 1,243 nearby areas within Beeston, with "most" referring to roughly two thirds of the nearby locations.
Crime risk scores are on a scale of 1 to 1,000 and consider the severity of the crimes involved, as determined by sentencing guidelines. A score of 1 represents the lowest risk, and 1,000 the highest risk. This approach ensures that - unlike overall crime rate figures - bicycle theft is not given the same importance in Beeston's risk scores as, for example, robbery, or violence & sexual offences.
Within a five-minute walk of the typical location in Beeston, crime risk scores are typically around 390, while in Nottinghamshire they are average 469.
Areas within a ten-minute walk typically see crime risk scores of 487 (475 for Nottinghamshire), and scores within a fifteen-minute walk are most often around 563 (Nottinghamshire 487).
Trends in Crime Risk
Beeston
Calculated via Seasonal and Trend decomposition using Loess, the Seasonality Adjusted line represents the original data with seasonality subtracted, and the Trend line has been plotted unadjusted. Overall trend direction has been identified using the Mann-Kendall trend test, and rate calculated from the slope of the best-fit line identified from linear regression.
No trend could be found in Beeston's crime risk scores over the last 10 years, and the trend may well be static.
Looking at the previous five years, the trend in Beeston's crime risk score is up by 23%. While potentially a good indicator of the overall risk trend, cross-referencing with major cultural events and Covid's impact during this time is advised.
Over the last year, Beeston's crime risk score has shown an upward trend of approximately 22%, indicating that the risk profile is going up. This is an extremely short time period for crime trend analysis, and caution should be exercised when interpreting this figure.
Crime Rates and Indexes
Beeston
The CrimeRate Index shows how crime rates compare against the national average.
1.0 equals the average
2.0 is double
3.0 triple
0.5 is half and
0.25 a quarter.
Highest Crime Rates
Beeston • 12 Months Ending April 2026
Excluding other crime and other theft because their geographic location is often not relevant, anti-social behaviour as its definition is too wide, and bicycle theft for its specificity.
Shoplifting offences have a crime rate of 16 reports per 1,000 people in Beeston, which is 2.21 times the national average. This figure is calculated from 890 crime reports logged by Nottinghamshire Police during the 12-month period ending April 2026.
For the same period, Nottinghamshire Police recorded 86 reports of Robbery in Beeston, resulting in a crime rate of 1.52 reports per 1,000, and a CrimeRate Index of 1.29.
The crime rate for Possession of Weapons is 1.27 times the national average at 0.99 reports per 1,000. This is from 56 crime reports reported to Nottinghamshire Police.
Most Significant 3-Year Increases in Crime Types
Beeston
Excluding other crime and other theft, anti-social behaviour, and bicycle theft, and calculated with the same STL method described in Trends in Crime Risk, using CrimeRate Index figures to identify crime types that are trending above or below the national average, and the analysis timeframe limited to the last three years.
Violence and Sexual Offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.80 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Violence and Sexual Offences CrimeRate Index was 0.53 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 51% over this timeframe.
Robbery offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 2.10 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Robbery CrimeRate Index was 1.22 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 72% over this timeframe.
Possession of Weapons offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 1.71 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Possession of Weapons CrimeRate Index was 1.00 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 71% over this timeframe.
Most Significant 3-Year Decreases in Crime Types
Beeston
Calculated with the same methodology as the largest increases section above.
No significant decreases identified.
Crime Type Breakdown & Heat Map
Beeston • 12 Months Ending April 2026
Size and colour reflect the CrimeRate Index figures for each type of crime.
Beeston | Nottinghamshire | East Midlands | |||||||
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| Crime Type | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index |
| Anti-Social Behaviour | 728 | 12.89 | 0.91 | 20,414 | 15.50 | 1.10 | 82,288 | 14.84 | 1.05 |
| Bicycle Theft | 62 | 1.09 | 1.49 | 1,121 | 0.86 | 1.18 | 3,605 | 0.66 | 0.90 |
| Burglary | 149 | 2.62 | 0.84 | 4,042 | 3.08 | 0.98 | 16,428 | 2.97 | 0.95 |
| Criminal Damage and Arson | 294 | 5.19 | 0.83 | 10,294 | 7.82 | 1.25 | 36,709 | 6.63 | 1.06 |
| Drugs | 92 | 1.63 | 0.53 | 3,806 | 2.90 | 0.94 | 14,102 | 2.53 | 0.82 |
| Other Crime | 119 | 2.10 | 1.14 | 4,302 | 3.29 | 1.78 | 11,549 | 2.09 | 1.13 |
| Other Theft | 221 | 3.92 | 0.69 | 7,726 | 5.87 | 1.03 | 28,010 | 5.03 | 0.88 |
| Possession of Weapons | 56 | 0.99 | 1.27 | 1,682 | 1.27 | 1.49 | 5,077 | 0.92 | 1.08 |
| Public Order | 249 | 4.40 | 0.76 | 7,248 | 5.50 | 0.95 | 33,621 | 6.06 | 1.04 |
| Robbery | 86 | 1.52 | 1.29 | 1,898 | 1.43 | 1.21 | 5,222 | 0.95 | 0.81 |
| Shoplifting | 890 | 15.74 | 2.21 | 14,082 | 10.71 | 1.50 | 41,773 | 7.51 | 1.05 |
| Theft From the Person | 21 | 0.39 | 0.34 | 1,067 | 0.81 | 0.52 | 2,834 | 0.51 | 0.33 |
| Vehicle Crime | 142 | 2.52 | 0.59 | 5,554 | 4.21 | 0.98 | 20,391 | 3.67 | 0.85 |
| Violence and Sexual Offences | 1,251 | 22.13 | 0.73 | 40,476 | 30.74 | 1.01 | 169,276 | 30.51 | 1.00 |
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Total Crime by Year
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| Year | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index |
| 2026 | 3,632 | 64.24 | 0.90 | 103,298 | 78.49 | 1.09 | 388,597 | 70.04 | 0.97 |
| 2025 | 3,144 | 55.96 | 0.76 | 97,463 | 74.60 | 1.01 | 391,366 | 71.16 | 0.96 |
| 2024 | 3,167 | 56.71 | 0.75 | 100,090 | 77.50 | 1.03 | 401,136 | 73.81 | 0.98 |
| 2023 | 3,366 | 60.70 | 0.77 | 104,108 | 81.43 | 1.03 | 420,118 | 78.15 | 0.99 |
| 2022 | 2,779 | 51.27 | 0.67 | 100,566 | 79.70 | 1.04 | 404,389 | 76.27 | 0.99 |
| 2021 | 2,862 | 53.09 | 0.78 | 87,058 | 69.37 | 1.01 | 361,494 | 68.61 | 1.00 |
| 2020 | 2,946 | 54.85 | 0.74 | 103,580 | 82.71 | 1.12 | 388,888 | 74.15 | 1.00 |
| 2019 | 3,247 | 60.33 | 0.79 | 107,727 | 86.11 | 1.13 | 375,243 | 71.88 | 0.94 |
| 2018 | 2,841 | 52.86 | 0.76 | 98,265 | 78.72 | 1.11 | 331,940 | 64.14 | 0.90 |
| 2017 | 2,268 | 42.20 | 0.67 | 83,249 | 66.98 | 1.05 | 297,381 | 58.03 | 0.91 |
| 2016 | 644 | 12.03 | 0.64 | 22,725 | 18.35 | 0.96 | 87,914 | 17.17 | 0.90 |
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Beeston Compared to Nearby Medium-Sized Towns
12 Months Ending Apr 2026
| Medium-Sized Town | Total Crimes | Crime Rate | Rate Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newark | 3,930 | 107.65 | 68% more dangerous |
| Worksop | 4,938 | 106.37 | 66% more dangerous |
| Sutton in Ashfield | 3,901 | 101.14 | 57% more dangerous |
| Kirkby-in-Ashfield | 1,872 | 86.89 | 35% more dangerous |
| Hucknall | 2,899 | 78.04 | 21% more dangerous |
| Beeston | 3,632 | 64.24 | - |
| Arnold | 2,164 | 52.28 | 19% safer |
| Carlton | 2,733 | 52.25 | 19% safer |
| West Bridgford | 2,053 | 49.66 | 23% safer |
Comparing Beeston to the UK's Major Cities
12 Months Ending Apr 2026
| City Name | Crime Rate | Rate Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Beeston | 64.24 | - |
| Cardiff | 79.55 | 24% more dangerous |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | 82.69 | 29% more dangerous |
| Sheffield | 84.09 | 31% more dangerous |
| Leicester | 97.87 | 52% more dangerous |
| Bristol | 104.64 | 63% more dangerous |
| Birmingham | 105.05 | 64% more dangerous |
| Liverpool | 106.48 | 66% more dangerous |
| Leeds | 107.10 | 67% more dangerous |
| Nottingham | 107.74 | 68% more dangerous |
| Westminster | 125.00 | 95% more dangerous |
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Offences In and Around Beeston's Parks & Leisure Spaces
Limited to spaces in Beeston that are named and have had crimes recorded within their boundaries in the 12 months to Apr 2026.
| Name | ASB | Drugs | Public Order | Robbery | VSO | All Others |
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| Chilwell Olympia Sports Centre | 6 | - | 2 | - | 15 | 12 |
| Toton Fields Open Space | 9 | - | 2 | - | 13 | 13 |
| Ewe Lamb Lane Allotments | 3 | - | 1 | - | 6 | 4 |
| Beeston Fields | 4 | - | 4 | - | 11 | 10 |
| Inham Nook Allotments | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 21 | 12 |
| Inham Nook Recreation Ground | 10 | - | 1 | - | 3 | 5 |
| Grove Avenue Allotments | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 |
| Borehole Allotments | - | - | - | - | 7 | 4 |
| Broadgate Recreation Ground | 6 | 2 | 4 | - | 8 | 12 |
| Manor Farm Recreation Ground | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 9 |
| Bramcote Hills Park | 16 | 1 | - | - | 11 | 14 |
| Chilwell and Toton Cemetery | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 |
Recent Crimes in Beeston
The 20 most recent crime reports in Beeston.
| Date | Crime Type | Location | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | On or near Vernon Avenue | |
| April 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | On or near Ellis Grove | |
| April 2026 | Burglary | On or near Broughton Street | |
| April 2026 | Other theft | On or near Ellis Grove | |
| April 2026 | Other theft | On or near B6006 | |
| April 2026 | Other theft | On or near Evelyn Street | |
| April 2026 | Possession of weapons | On or near King Street | |
| April 2026 | Robbery | On or near Vernon Avenue | |
| April 2026 | Shoplifting | On or near Vernon Avenue | |
| April 2026 | Shoplifting | On or near Broughton Street | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Ellis Grove | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Boundary Crescent | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Ludlow Close | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Boundary Crescent | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Ellis Grove | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Vernon Avenue | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Ludlow Close | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Vernon Avenue | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Ellis Grove | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Ellis Grove |
Methodology & Data Sources
Beeston Crime Report
Data Sources & Processing
Every month, CrimeRate processes crime reports from data.police.uk, the UK's official provider of open crime report data. Each crime report includes anonymised coordinates, most often "snapped" to the middle of the nearest street, or to the nearest major landmark. The reports also include the month and year the crime was reported, as well as the type of crime.
Data releases on data.police.uk happen once a month, with a two-month delay. This means that, for example, crimes reported in Beeston during August 2026 will typically become available in October 2026. The latest release is for Apr 2026 and was released in Jun 2026. To provide current and historical crime statistics, CrimeRate processed 61,669,232 crime reports for the latest release.
Beeston Data Points
For Beeston, CrimeRate uses the geographic boundaries provided by The Office for National Statistics in the December 2022 release of their Built Up Areas dataset, using the BUA22CD column value E63002057.
Due to the 2021 Census being conducted during a UK-wide Coronavirus lockdown, the daytime population figures released so far cannot be relied on for purposes such as comparing crime rates. Instead, CrimeRate uses Beeston's daytime - or "workday" - population of 41,318 from the ONS 2011 Census for calculations throughout the site.
All geographic boundaries use the full resolution - extent of the realm versions where provided to avoid missing crime reports near coastlines and rivers - the banks of the Thames in particular - that would otherwise not be included when using the clipped to the coastline datasets.
Calculating Crime Rates
CrimeRate locates the UK region, county, and town/city/village locality for each crime report, and calculates the crime rate by taking the sum of all crime reports, dividing it by the locality's daytime / "workday" population, and multiplying the result by 1,000 to get the crime rate per 1,000.
Crime Risk Score Calculations
CrimeRate calculates crime counts for local, nearby, and wider areas for every postcode in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. The postcodes locations are deduplicated by a process that ensures distinct points are approximately 50 metres apart. This process removes the bias that would otherwise come from counting the same crimes several times in heavily populated areas.
Using a custom algorithm developed in-house, CrimeRate applies a crime severity weighting to each area's crime counts, based on the type of crime reported. This increases or decreases the crime count, or zeroes it out entirely, depending on the crime type. A separate crime severity rate is then calculated, standardised, and scaled to fit the crime risk score range of 1 to 1,000, with 1 being the lowest score, and 1,000 the highest.
Crime risk scores undergo further analysis per town, city, and village plus other areas including police forces and neighbourhoods. CrimeRate uses percentiles to work out the most common range of crime risk scores in each locality. This includes identifying the high and low bounds where approximately 68% of scores fall, and finding the median (50th percentile) for easy reference.
The crime types with a weight of zero are: Anti-Social Behaviour; Bicycle Theft; Other Crime; Other Theft; and Shoplifting. The highest weights to are assigned to Violence & Sexual Offences, and the lowest to Vehicle Crime.
Frequently Asked Questions
Crime in Beeston