Total Crime Rate
20.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
13.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Thorney Abbey Road area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 36 local areas in Rainworth North & Rufford , and the 72nd lowest crime rate of 436 local areas in Newark and Sherwood .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Thorney Abbey Road (NG21 0SR) in the last 12 months was 20.8 per 1,000 residents and was 76.3% lower 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 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 20.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 13.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Thorney Abbey Road (NG21 0SR), the main crime hotspot is near Oak Avenue. Police recorded 39 crimes here, including 17 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Harlow Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oak Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Beech Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Beech Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Beech Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Beech Grove | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beech Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beech Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beech Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beech Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sherwood Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sherwood Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oak Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oak Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Oak Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Oak Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Oak Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boundary Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boundary Crescent | Under investigation |
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