Total Crime Rate

244.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

124.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 244.0 10/10
  • Violent crimes 124.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 102.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 38.3 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 28.7 10/10
  • Drugs 16.8 9/10
  • Public order 16.8 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.6 8/10
  • Burglary 7.2 7/10
  • Other theft 7.2 6/10
  • Shoplifting 7.2 4/10
  • Other crime 4.8 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.8 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

North Street area has the 5th highest crime rate of 49 local areas in Sutton Central & New Cross , and the 36th 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 North Street (NG17 4BD) in the last 12 months was 244.0 per 1,000 residents and was 82.3% higher than the Sutton Central & New Cross average (133.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 43 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 40.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 52 (≈ 124.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around North Street (NG17 4BD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 71 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Beighton Street (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in North Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bath Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Bowne Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Shoplifting Portland Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Gresham Close
Apr 2026Drugs Stoney Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Portland Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Bentinck Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Bramley Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bramley Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Bishop Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Queen Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Morley Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Morley Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area
Apr 2026Burglary Welbeck Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Beighton Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Beighton Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Beighton Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Beighton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Beighton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chatsworth Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chatsworth Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Downing Street Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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