Total Crime Rate

102.9 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 102.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 45.0 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 19.3 9/10
  • Other theft 12.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.4 4/10
  • Drugs 6.4 7/10
  • Public order 6.4 5/10
  • Burglary 3.2 3/10
  • Shoplifting 3.2 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Vernon Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 44 local areas in Abbey Hill , and the 128th highest crime rate of 428 local areas in Ashfield .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Vernon Road (NG17 8EE) in the last 12 months was 102.9 per 1,000 residents and was 16.2% higher than the Abbey Hill average (88.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 51.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 23.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Vernon Road (NG17 8EE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Kirkby-In-Ashfield, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Vernon Road (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Vernon Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Park Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Park Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bannerman Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bannerman Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Victoria Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Occupation Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Wilson Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wilson Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Harcourt Street —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Harcourt Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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