Crime Rate in Ashfields, ward

Ashfields has the 8th highest crime rate of 23 wards in Ashfield district and the 2602nd highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East Midlands), it has the 240th highest crime rate of 752 wards.

The overall crime rate in Ashfields in the last 12 months was 82.0 per 1,000 residents and was 19.0% lower than the Ashfield district average (101.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Ashfields’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 126 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 170 (≈ 34.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Ashfields ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Cuttings Avenue, with 30 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around B6018 (18 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.