Total Crime Rate
687.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
137.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Baums Lane area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Berry Hill , and the 7th highest crime rate of 317 local areas in Mansfield .
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 Baums Lane (NG18 2RA) in the last 12 months was 687.1 per 1,000 residents and was 1318.8% higher than the Berry Hill average (48.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 132 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 2 cases , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 47 (≈ 137.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Baums Lane (NG18 2RA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 160 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sherwood Street (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Mansfield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sherwood Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sherwood Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Baum'S Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Baum'S Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | St Andrew Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Brunt Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Brunt Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sherwood Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Forest Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Murray Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beech Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A60 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Forest Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Blackthorn Drive | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beech Avenue | Under investigation |
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