Crime Rate in Sherwood, ward

Sherwood has the 5th highest crime rate of 20 wards in Nottingham district and the 933rd highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East Midlands), it has the 82nd highest crime rate of 752 wards.

The overall crime rate in Sherwood in the last 12 months was 129.8 per 1,000 residents and was 13.2% lower than the Nottingham district average (149.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Sherwood’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 641 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 13 cases , down -48.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 23.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -48.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 801 (≈ 52.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Sherwood ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 212 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Prison (138 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.