Total Crime Rate
415.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
160.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Exchange Street area has the highest crime rate of 28 local areas in East Retford South , and the 17th highest crime rate of 386 local areas in Bassetlaw .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Exchange Street (DN22 6BL) in the last 12 months was 415.1 per 1,000 residents and was 505.8% higher than the East Retford South average (68.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 38 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 61.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 51 (≈ 160.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Exchange Street (DN22 6BL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Churchgate, where police recorded 77 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In East Retford West| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cannon Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Beardsall'S Row | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Churchgate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Churchgate | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Churchgate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Exchange Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Exchange Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Exchange Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cannon Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Exchange Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | East Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Churchgate | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Retford Bus Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Retford Bus Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Riverside Walk | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Amcott Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Savile Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Churchgate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Churchgate | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St John Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Town Hall Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cannon Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Carolgate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Carolgate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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