Total Crime Rate
458.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Garden Avenue area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 36 local areas in Rainworth North & Rufford , and the 9th highest crime rate of 434 local areas in Newark and Sherwood .
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 Garden Avenue (NG21 0JS) in the last 12 months was 458.5 per 1,000 residents and was 444.8% higher than the Rainworth North & Rufford average (84.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 212 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 230 (≈ 346.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 85.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 50.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Garden Avenue (NG21 0JS), the main crime hotspot is near Willoughby Gardens. Police recorded 217 crimes here, including 200 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Rainworth North & Rufford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Willoughby Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Willoughby Gardens | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Willoughby Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Willoughby Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Willoughby Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Garden Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Curzon Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Willoughby Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Willoughby Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Willoughby Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Willoughby Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Willoughby Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Willoughby Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Willoughby Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Willoughby Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Willoughby Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Willoughby Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Willoughby Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Top Street | Under investigation |
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