Total Crime Rate
200.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
96.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Watnall Crescent area has the 18th highest crime rate of 67 local areas in Bancroft , and the 51st highest crime rate of 317 local areas in Mansfield .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Watnall Crescent (NG19 6ST) in the last 12 months was 200.0 per 1,000 residents and was 12.9% higher than the Bancroft average (177.2 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 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 96.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 71.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Watnall Crescent (NG19 6ST), the main crime hotspot is near Leverton Road. Police recorded 38 crimes here, including 19 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Mansfield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Kelham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Leverton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Oxton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Oxton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Keyworth Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Keyworth Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Keyworth Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Daniel Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brown Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Watnall Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Leverton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Leverton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Leverton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Leverton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kelham Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Somersall Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Somersall Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nelson Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxton Close | Under investigation |
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