Total Crime Rate
1360.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
442.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Magnus Street area has the highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Devon , and the highest crime rate of 436 local areas in Newark and Sherwood .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Magnus Street (NG24 1LB) in the last 12 months was 1360.7 per 1,000 residents and was 1271.8% higher than the Devon average (99.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 117 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 6 cases , up 50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 60.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -15.2% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 135 (≈ 442.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Magnus Street (NG24 1LB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 128 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bridge Street (56 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barnby Gate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Parking Area | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Barnby Gate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Petrol Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Barnby Gate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | New Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Mount Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Bede House Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Magnus Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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