Total Crime Rate
304.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Edward Road area has the highest crime rate of 22 local areas in Brinsley , and the 18th highest crime rate of 366 local areas in Broxtowe .
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 Edward Road (NG16 3EU) in the last 12 months was 304.4 per 1,000 residents and was 790.4% higher than the Brinsley average (34.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 63 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 40.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 27.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 169.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Edward Road (NG16 3EU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Stones Close, where police recorded 73 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cross Street (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Brinsley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Castle Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Stones Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dovecote Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dovecote Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dovecote Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Mill Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Beauvale Rise | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Wroughton Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Whitby Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Stones Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Stones Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Walker Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Stones Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Cross Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Walker Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Castle Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Castle Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Castle Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Cross Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Cross Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cross Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Percy Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Three Tuns Road | Under investigation |
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