Total Crime Rate

60.8 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

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 60.8 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 33.8 7/10
  • Public order 9.0 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.8 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.3 1/10
  • Drugs 2.3 1/10
  • Other crime 2.3 1/10
  • Other theft 2.3 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.3 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Laurel Crescent 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 Laurel Crescent (NG10 3NN) 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 Laurel Crescent (NG10 3NN), 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 Laurel Crescent area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Clarence Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rad Meadows Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ash Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ash Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hatton Crofts Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bothe Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Laurel Crescent 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 2025Criminal damage and arson Laurel Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thoresby Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thoresby Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Thoresby Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Thoresby Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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