Total Crime Rate

622.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 622.9 10/10
  • Shoplifting 508.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 46.6 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.2 8/10
  • Public order 17.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.5 6/10
  • Other theft 8.5 7/10
  • Drugs 4.2 5/10
  • Other crime 4.2 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.2 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

New Road area has the highest crime rate of 36 local areas in Rainworth North & Rufford , and the 8th 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 New Road (NG21 0PR) in the last 12 months was 622.9 per 1,000 residents and was 640.1% 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 Shoplifting with 120 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 63.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 292.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around New Road (NG21 0PR), the main crime hotspot is near Rookwood Close. Police recorded 139 crimes here, including 10 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in New Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (25/25)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Rookwood Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Rookwood Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Rookwood Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rookwood Close —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Rookwood Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Rookwood Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Rookwood Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Rookwood Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Rookwood Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Rookwood Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Rookwood Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Rookwood Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Rookwood Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Rookwood Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Rookwood Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Rookwood Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Rookwood Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Mansfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clare Hill Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Rookwood Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Rookwood Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Rookwood Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Rookwood Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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