Total Crime Rate
30.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
7.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Recreation Road area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 24 local areas in Langwith , and the 49th lowest crime rate of 249 local areas in Bolsover .
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 Recreation Road (NG20 9AJ) in the last 12 months was 30.0 per 1,000 residents and was 62.2% lower than the Langwith average (79.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 7.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -80.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Recreation Road (NG20 9AJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Pine Close, where police recorded 20 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Fir Close (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Langwith| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Pine Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lilac Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Pine Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fir Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fir Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fir Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pear Tree Drive | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Vaughan Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vaughan Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cherry Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodside Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chatsworth Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chatsworth Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodside Road | Under investigation |
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