Total Crime Rate
174.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
69.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lansbury Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Balderton South , and the 42nd 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 Lansbury Road (NG24 3DW) in the last 12 months was 174.6 per 1,000 residents and was 141.7% 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 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 69.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lansbury Road (NG24 3DW), 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 | Gibson Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bakewell Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Coleman Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Meadow Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mead Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Catkin Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stafford Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadow Road | Under investigation |
| 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Gibson Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gibson Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moulton Crescent | Under investigation |
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