Total Crime Rate
215.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
134.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ash Grove area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 31 local areas in Sawley , and the 34th highest crime rate of 376 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 Ash Grove (NG10 3NH) in the last 12 months was 215.5 per 1,000 residents and was 197.0% higher than the Sawley average (72.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 134.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 17.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ash Grove (NG10 3NH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near B6540, where police recorded 81 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Thoresby Road (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Wilsthorpe| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cockleys | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cockleys | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | North Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hatton Crofts | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | North Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | B6540 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | B6540 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | B6540 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | North Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rad Meadows | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rad Meadows | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ash Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Laurel Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Laurel Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawthorne Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thoresby Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gough Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Thoresby Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thoresby Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Derwent Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Derwent Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Derwent Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Derwent Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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