Crime Rates at Lawn Avenue, Sutton-in-ashfield, NG17 5FU

Lawn Avenue area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 49 local areas in Sutton Central & New Cross , and the 19th highest crime rate of 430 local areas in Ashfield .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Lawn Avenue (NG17 5FU) in the last 12 months was 344.6 per 1,000 residents and was 157.4% 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 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 51 (≈ 156.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -77.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lawn Avenue (NG17 5FU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 116 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Portland Close (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.