Total Crime Rate
1360.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
442.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Carter Gate 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 Carter Gate (NG24 1UA) 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 Carter Gate (NG24 1UA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 149 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Bridge Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Martindale Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | King'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Carter Gate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Carter Gate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carter Gate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carter Gate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carter Gate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Carter Gate | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Martindale Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Martindale Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Portland Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wilson Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wilson Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Middle Gate | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Middle Gate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Church Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Carter Gate | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Carter Gate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Carter Gate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Carter Gate | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Castle Brewery Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Portland Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Portland Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Carter Gate | — |
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