Total Crime Rate

119.5 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 119.5 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 31.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 31.0 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 13.3 10/10
  • Other theft 13.3 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.9 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.9 7/10
  • Burglary 4.4 5/10
  • Public order 4.4 4/10
  • Shoplifting 4.4 3/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

London Road area has the 14th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Devon , and the 69th 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 London Road (NG24 1SQ) in the last 12 months was 119.5 per 1,000 residents and was 15.2% higher than the Devon average (103.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 35.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around London Road (NG24 1SQ), the main crime hotspot is near Hercules Drive. Police recorded 14 crimes here, including 9 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in London Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (3/3)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Avenue —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bancroft Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hercules Drive —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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