Total Crime Rate
244.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
124.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026North 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.
View Crime In Sutton Central & New Cross| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bath Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bowne Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Portland Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gresham Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Stoney Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Portland Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bentinck Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bramley Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bramley Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bishop Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Morley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Morley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Welbeck Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beighton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Beighton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Beighton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Beighton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Beighton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chatsworth Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chatsworth Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Downing Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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