Total Crime Rate
172.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
47.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Sandy Lane area has the 18th highest crime rate of 116 local areas in Hucknall Central , and the 67th highest crime rate of 430 local areas in Ashfield .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Sandy Lane (NG15 7GN) in the last 12 months was 172.3 per 1,000 residents and was 0.2% lower than the Hucknall Central average (172.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -80.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 47.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sandy Lane (NG15 7GN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 56 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Chatsworth Drive (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Hucknall Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Long Hill Rise | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Curtis Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chatsworth Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chatsworth Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chatsworth Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Chatsworth Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chatsworth Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Curtis Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windmill Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windmill Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Vedonis Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ladycroft Avenue | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ladycroft Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Turner Street | — |
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