Total Crime Rate
128.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
62.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Highfield Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Edwinstowe & Clipstone , and the 68th highest crime rate of 436 local areas in Newark and Sherwood .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Highfield Road (NG21 9ER) in the last 12 months was 128.3 per 1,000 residents and was 119.3% higher than the Edwinstowe & Clipstone average (58.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 62.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 46.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Highfield Road (NG21 9ER), the main crime hotspot is near Greendale Crescent. Police recorded 18 crimes here, including 12 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Edwinstowe & Clipstone| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Highfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gorseway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Woodland Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Woodland Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Woodland Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mansfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | King John'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Clay Cross Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greendale Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greendale Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greendale Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Highfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Clay Cross Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clay Cross Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greendale Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gorseway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gorseway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gorseway | — |
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