Total Crime Rate
300.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Wilsthorpe Road area has the highest crime rate of 31 local areas in Sawley , and the 21st highest crime rate of 377 local areas in Erewash .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Wilsthorpe Road (NG10 3LL) in the last 12 months was 300.0 per 1,000 residents and was 368.2% higher than the Sawley average (64.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -28.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 45 (≈ 166.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -15.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wilsthorpe Road (NG10 3LL), the main crime hotspot is near Thoresby Road. Police recorded 49 crimes here, including 31 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Sawley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Simkin Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bothe Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Simkin Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Simkin Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Thoresby Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Cranfleet Way | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Thoresby Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Thoresby Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Thoresby Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Thoresby Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Thoresby Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Thoresby Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Laurel Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Laurel Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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