Total Crime Rate
476.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
363.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Top Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 36 local areas in Rainworth North & Rufford , and the 9th highest crime rate of 436 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 Top Street (NG21 0JT) in the last 12 months was 476.6 per 1,000 residents and was 442.4% higher than the Rainworth North & Rufford average (87.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 226 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -28.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 241 (≈ 363.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 21.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 19.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Top Street (NG21 0JT), the main crime hotspot is near Willoughby Gardens. Police recorded 233 crimes here, including 209 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Willoughby Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Willoughby Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Willoughby Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Willoughby Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Willoughby Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Willoughby Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Willoughby Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Willoughby Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Willoughby Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Willoughby Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Willoughby Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Willoughby Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Willoughby Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Willoughby Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Willoughby Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Willoughby Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Willoughby Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Willoughby Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Willoughby Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Willoughby Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Willoughby Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Willoughby Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kirklington Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Briar Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Briar Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Willoughby Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Willoughby Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Willoughby Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Willoughby Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Willoughby Gardens | Under investigation |
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