Total Crime Rate
90.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
61.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Grove Street area has the 14th highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Balderton South , and the 111th highest crime rate of 436 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 Grove Street (NG24 3AZ) in the last 12 months was 90.9 per 1,000 residents and was 25.9% higher than the Balderton South average (72.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 61.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 30.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 18.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Grove Street (NG24 3AZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near London Road (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Balderton North & Coddington| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rowan Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shakespeare Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | London Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Cobham Orchard | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Cobham Orchard | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shakespeare Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shakespeare Street | Under investigation |
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