Total Crime Rate
350.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025King Street area has the highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Kingsway , and the 21st 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 King Street (NG17 8AG) in the last 12 months was 350.0 per 1,000 residents and was 408.3% higher than the Kingsway average (68.9 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 Robbery with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 275.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 107.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 150.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -19.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around King Street (NG17 8AG), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 79 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Kingsway| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Millers Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bingley Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Alfred Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Alfred Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hosiery Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Festus Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Festus Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Station Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Erewash Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Millers Way | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Millers Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Millers Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Millers Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Primula Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Erewash Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Primula Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Spring Close | Under investigation |
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