Total Crime Rate
279.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
57.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Station Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 49 local areas in Sutton Central & New Cross , and the 29th highest crime rate of 430 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 Station Road (NG17 5GA) in the last 12 months was 279.5 per 1,000 residents and was 108.8% 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 Shoplifting with 54 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 116.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 57.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Station Road (NG17 5GA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 61 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lawn Avenue (13 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 | Heathcote Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lawn Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lawn Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lawn Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Heathcote Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Heathcote Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Heathcote Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Heathcote Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Station Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Norman Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Norman Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lawn Avenue | Under investigation |
StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.