Total Crime Rate
70.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
52.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Droversdale Road area has the 14th lowest crime rate of 34 local areas in Blyth , and the 162nd highest crime rate of 386 local areas in Bassetlaw .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Droversdale Road (DN11 8BA) in the last 12 months was 70.2 per 1,000 residents and was 24.9% lower than the Blyth average (93.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 50.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 52.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Droversdale Road (DN11 8BA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Norfolk Road, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near White House Drive (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Harworth| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Galway Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Thornbridge Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Norfolk Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Galway Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Norfolk Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Norfolk Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Norfolk Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Norfolk Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bryndale Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | White House Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coniston Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Suffolk Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Milne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Suffolk Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Norfolk Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Galway Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Galway Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Norfolk Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Norfolk Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | White House Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | White House Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | White House Drive | Awaiting court outcome |
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