Total Crime Rate
43.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
15.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Stafford Avenue area has the 33rd highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Balderton South , and the 190th lowest crime rate of 436 local areas in Newark and Sherwood .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Stafford Avenue (NG24 3DP) in the last 12 months was 43.3 per 1,000 residents and was 40.0% lower 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 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -42.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 15.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -42.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Stafford Avenue (NG24 3DP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lansbury Road, where police recorded 16 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Meadow Road (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Balderton South| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stafford Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Catkin Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Coleman Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Moulton Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Moulton Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moulton Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mead Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Meadow Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadow Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bakewell Close | — |
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