Total Crime Rate

300.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 300.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 85.2 10/10
  • Public order 70.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 48.2 10/10
  • Drugs 22.2 10/10
  • Shoplifting 22.2 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.5 9/10
  • Other crime 11.1 10/10
  • Robbery 7.4 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.7 5/10
  • Burglary 3.7 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.7 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.7 3/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Wilsthorpe 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.

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Crime Over Time in Wilsthorpe Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Simkin Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bothe Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Simkin Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Simkin Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Thoresby Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Cranfleet Way Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thoresby Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thoresby Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thoresby Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thoresby Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thoresby Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Thoresby Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Laurel Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Laurel Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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