Total Crime Rate
1525.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Low Street area has the highest crime rate of 55 local areas in Ashfields , and the 2nd 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 Low Street (NG17 1DH) in the last 12 months was 1525.9 per 1,000 residents and was 1761.5% higher than the Ashfields average (82.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 199 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 120.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 133 (≈ 362.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -19.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Low Street (NG17 1DH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 322 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shopping Area (66 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Ashfields| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Cavendish Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | High Pavement | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | High Pavement | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Offender given a caution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Windmill Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Priestsic Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Union Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Hardwick Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Portland Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Morven Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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