Total Crime Rate

106.4 per 1,000 8/10 · High

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 106.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 49.7 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 21.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.2 6/10
  • Public order 7.1 6/10
  • Drugs 3.6 4/10
  • Shoplifting 3.6 3/10
  • Theft from the person 3.6 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.6 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

The Markhams area has the 12th highest crime rate of 66 local areas in Boughton , and the 85th highest crime rate of 434 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 The Markhams (NG22 9QY) in the last 12 months was 106.4 per 1,000 residents and was 26.6% higher than the Boughton average (84.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 56.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 40.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Markhams (NG22 9QY), the main crime hotspot is near Police Station. Police recorded 23 crimes here, including 13 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in The Markhams area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Markhams Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Glasby Court Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hereford Avenue —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Markham Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Markham Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Dove Croft Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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