Total Crime Rate
207.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Castle 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.
View Crime In Bridge| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Clinton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Stodman Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | B6166 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Castle Gate | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | B6166 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | B6166 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | B6166 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | The Wharf | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Mill Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ossington Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ossington Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Stodman Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Newark Castle | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Kirk Gate | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Clinton Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Castle Gate | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | B6166 | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | B6166 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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