Total Crime Rate

152.1 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 152.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 83.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.8 6/10
  • Burglary 13.8 9/10
  • Other theft 9.2 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.2 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.6 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.6 4/10
  • Drugs 4.6 5/10
  • Other crime 4.6 6/10
  • Public order 4.6 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Dovedale Avenue area has the 14th highest crime rate of 55 local areas in Ashfields , and the 68th highest crime rate of 428 local areas in Ashfield .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Dovedale Avenue (NG17 1DU) in the last 12 months was 152.1 per 1,000 residents and was 85.5% higher than the Ashfields average (82.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 87.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 6.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dovedale Avenue (NG17 1DU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 36 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dovedale Avenue (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Dovedale Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (26/26)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rushley View —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dovedale Avenue —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Netherfield Grange Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Beeley Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Mayfield Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Mayfield Place Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mayfield Place —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mayfield Place —
Sep 2025Public order Grosvenor Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bonser Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bonser Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Bonser Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Bonser Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Dovedale Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dovedale Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Dovedale Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beeley Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Calladine Close —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oxford Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Douglas Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
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Data Sources

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