Total Crime Rate
15.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
12.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wilfred Avenue area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 68 local areas in Balderton South , and the 48th lowest crime rate of 436 local areas in Newark and Sherwood .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Wilfred Avenue (NG24 3DS) in the last 12 months was 15.4 per 1,000 residents and was 78.7% 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 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 12.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -75.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wilfred Avenue (NG24 3DS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Gibson Crescent, where police recorded 18 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Bakewell Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gibson Crescent | — |
| 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Coleman Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadow Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Meadow Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mead Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stafford Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gibson Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gibson Crescent | — |
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