Total Crime Rate
133.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
79.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hickling Close area has the 6th highest crime rate of 31 local areas in Sawley , and the 68th 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 Hickling Close (NG10 3TH) in the last 12 months was 133.8 per 1,000 residents and was 84.5% 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 Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 43 (≈ 79.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 4.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hickling Close (NG10 3TH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near B6540, where police recorded 81 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Tamworth Road (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Wilsthorpe| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gough Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Derwent Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | B6540 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Carlton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | B6540 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | B6540 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tamworth Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Long Eaton | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bradshaw Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Derwent Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawthorne Avenue | 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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