CRIME update for June 2026

Dear Resident

Here is an update regarding Burglaries, Vehicle Crime and Criminal damage which occurred in the Forest Recreation Ground & Arboretum Police beat area during the month of June.

Burglaries residential = 4

Between 09/06 and 15/06 North Sherwood Street – Occupant returning home discovering damage to front door, believed to be attempt break, entry not gained.

19/06 Radford Road – entry via open door, blender, frying pan and assortment of food stolen from kitchen

25/06 Alpha Terrace – entered through window causing damage and stolen tools

27/06 Birkin Avenue – 3x male suspects have broken into property and attacked 2x occupants.

Burglaries residential unconnected building = 1

04/06 Coville Street – CCTV captures incident of female making several attempts to gain entry through a partially open ground floor window, all attempts to gain entry unsuccessful. 

Criminal damage = 0

Theft of motor vehicle = 4

02/06 Sophie Road – Theft of vehicle, vehicle installed with GPS tracker.

08/06 North Sherwood Street – Between 6:30pm and 9:30pm, theft of motorbike from gated car park.

18/06 Birkin Avenue – Theft of motorbike overnight.

30/06 North Sherwood Street – Group of males believed to be targeting motorbike thefts in the area. 

Theft from vehicle = 7

Between 01/06 and 02/06 Birkland Avenue – Blue badge stole from within.

06/06 Burford Road – Rear passenger side window on driver side smashed, wallet containing bank card stolen from within, attempts made to withdrawn cash from ATMs on Alfreton Road.

06/06 Mount Hooten Road – Tools from boot of vehicle stolen. No sign of forced entry.

06/06 Patterson Road – Delivery worker left vehicle insecure whilst delivering parcels on Maple Street, upon returning discovers the parcel left on front seat stolen.

07/06 Acourt Street – Vehicle broken into without any sign of damage, cricket bag containing full equipment stolen from within.

14/06 North Sherwood Street – Victim returns from town centre shopping and finds both car doors left partially open, items stolen from within.

16/06 Wallan Street – Vehicle broken into without any sign of damage, bank cards stolen and used at a local shop.

PLEASE ENSURE YOU LOCK ALL YOUR DOORS AND WINDOWS, ENSURE YOU REMOVE ALL VALUABLE ITEMS FROM VISIBLE VIEW

You can find lots of useful advice for securing your property and valuable on our website at Crime prevention advice | Nottinghamshire Police

I would love to hear your feedback about whether you would like to receive reports on other types of crime. Please feel free to reply to me, let me know what types of crime you would like to hear about, have included or would be of interest to you. If there is enough interest I will endeavour to get these added to the monthly crime update for your benefit.