Total Crime Rate

207.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 207.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 77.3 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 43.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 29.0 9/10
  • Burglary 14.5 9/10
  • Public order 14.5 8/10
  • Other crime 9.7 9/10
  • Other theft 9.7 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.8 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.8 7/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Castle Gate area has the 10th highest crime rate of 37 local areas in Bridge , and the 28th highest crime rate of 434 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 Castle Gate (NG24 1BG) in the last 12 months was 207.7 per 1,000 residents and was 14.1% lower than the Bridge average (241.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 220.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 96.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 122.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -78.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Castle Gate (NG24 1BG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 197 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Chain Lane (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Castle Gate area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Clinton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Stodman Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft B6166 Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Castle Gate Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B6166 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B6166 Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B6166 Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Wharf —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mill Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mill Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Mill Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ossington Way —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ossington Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Stodman Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newark Castle Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Kirk Gate Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clinton Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Castle Gate —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour B6166 —
Sep 2025Public order B6166 Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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