Total Crime Rate
204.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
102.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Water Lane area has the highest crime rate of 31 local areas in Newton , and the 16th highest crime rate of 370 local areas in Rushcliffe .
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 Water Lane (NG12 2DB) in the last 12 months was 204.9 per 1,000 residents and was 706.3% higher than the Newton average (25.4 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 Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 102.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Water Lane (NG12 2DB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 45 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Church Close (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Radcliffe on Trent| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Vancouver Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Church Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wharf Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wharf Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hall Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Main Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sydney Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Main Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Talbot Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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