Total Crime Rate
60.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Hawthorne Avenue area has the 14th highest crime rate of 31 local areas in Sawley , and the 177th highest crime rate of 377 local areas in Erewash .
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 Hawthorne Avenue (NG10 3NJ) in the last 12 months was 60.8 per 1,000 residents and was 5.1% lower 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 150.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 42.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 111.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 109.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hawthorne Avenue (NG10 3NJ), 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 | Ash Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Thoresby Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bothe Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Laurel Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Thoresby Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Thoresby Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Thoresby Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hatton Crofts | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ash Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Laurel Crescent | 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 |
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