Total Crime Rate

39.3 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

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 39.3 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 30.6 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.4 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.4 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Forest Road area has the 37th highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Edwinstowe & Clipstone , and the 173rd lowest crime rate of 434 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 Forest Road (NG21 9DX) in the last 12 months was 39.3 per 1,000 residents and was 33.0% lower than the Edwinstowe & Clipstone average (58.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -30.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 30.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -21.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Forest Road (NG21 9DX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near South Crescent, where police recorded 13 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Buttercup Meadow (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Forest Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Haven Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waterfield Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Third Avenue Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour South Crescent —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour South Crescent —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Mansfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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