Total Crime Rate

458.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 458.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 319.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 46.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 27.2 10/10
  • Public order 22.6 9/10
  • Drugs 9.1 8/10
  • Other crime 9.1 9/10
  • Other theft 7.5 7/10
  • Burglary 4.5 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.0 4/10
  • Shoplifting 3.0 2/10
  • Theft from the person 3.0 3/10
  • Robbery 1.5 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 1.5 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Garden 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.

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Crime Over Time in Garden Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Willoughby Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Willoughby Gardens Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Drugs Willoughby Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Willoughby Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Willoughby Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Garden Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Curzon Close
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Willoughby Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Willoughby Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Willoughby Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Willoughby Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Willoughby Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Willoughby Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Willoughby Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Willoughby Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Willoughby Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Willoughby Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Willoughby Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Top Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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