Total Crime Rate
85.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
33.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Goodman Close area has the 8th highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Bilsthorpe , and the 124th highest crime rate of 436 local areas in Newark and Sherwood .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Goodman Close (NG22 8UJ) in the last 12 months was 85.9 per 1,000 residents and was 18.4% lower than the Bilsthorpe average (105.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 33.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 61.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Goodman Close (NG22 8UJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Savile Road, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sports/Recreation Area (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bilsthorpe| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Savile Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Savile Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Savile Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Savile Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Savile Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Savile Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Savile Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Savile Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Goodman Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Goodman Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Savile Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Woodbank Close | Under investigation |
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