Total Crime Rate

178.7 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 178.7 9/10
  • Shoplifting 95.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 37.5 7/10
  • Public order 14.4 8/10
  • Other theft 11.5 8/10
  • Other crime 8.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.8 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.9 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.9 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Heathcote Place area has the 7th highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Sutton Central & New Cross , and the 53rd highest crime rate of 428 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 Heathcote Place (NG17 5GL) in the last 12 months was 178.7 per 1,000 residents and was 36.5% higher than the Sutton Central & New Cross average (130.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 33 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -60.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 51.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 38.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 41.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Heathcote Place (NG17 5GL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 83 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lawn Avenue (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Heathcote Place area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (14/14)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Martyn Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Bathwood Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Bathwood Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Lawn Avenue Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Other theft Lawn Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lawn Avenue —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Martyn Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Heathcote Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Heathcote Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Martyn Avenue Under investigation
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Data Sources

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