Total Crime Rate
8.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
4.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Thoresby Avenue area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 74 local areas in Edwinstowe & Clipstone , and the 15th 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 Thoresby Avenue (NG21 9ND) in the last 12 months was 8.9 per 1,000 residents and was 84.9% lower than the Edwinstowe & Clipstone average (58.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 4.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -84.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Thoresby Avenue (NG21 9ND), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Paddock Close, where police recorded 14 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dovedale Close (5 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Paddock Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Fourth Avenue | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Paddock Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dovedale Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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