Total Crime Rate

560.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

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 560.4 10/10
  • Shoplifting 275.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 105.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 49.5 10/10
  • Public order 34.1 10/10
  • Other theft 27.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.5 9/10
  • Burglary 9.3 8/10
  • Other crime 9.3 9/10
  • Robbery 9.3 9/10
  • Drugs 6.2 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.2 8/10
  • Theft from the person 6.2 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.2 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Sherwood Street area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 115 local areas in Hucknall Central , and the 10th highest crime rate of 428 local areas in Ashfield .

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 Sherwood Street (NG15 7SE) in the last 12 months was 560.4 per 1,000 residents and was 214.0% higher than the Hucknall Central average (178.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 89 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 266.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 50 (≈ 154.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 61.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 67.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sherwood Street (NG15 7SE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Whyburn Street, where police recorded 113 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Brookside (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Sherwood Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Brookside Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Whyburn Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Whyburn Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Whyburn Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Whyburn Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coupe Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Whyburn Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bodill Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Robin Bailey Way —
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Cavendish Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cavendish Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clumber Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Coupe Gardens —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Winifred Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brookside Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brookside Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brookside Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brookside Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Winifred Street —
Sep 2025Public order Winifred Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Winifred Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Winifred Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Winifred Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —

Data Sources

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