Total Crime Rate

228.1 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 228.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 93.6 10/10
  • Shoplifting 64.3 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 23.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 17.5 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.9 8/10
  • Other crime 5.9 7/10
  • Other theft 5.9 5/10
  • Public order 5.9 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.9 5/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Lakeside Balderton Shopping Centre area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Balderton South , and the 24th highest crime rate of 434 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 Lakeside Balderton Shopping Centre (NG24 3EZ) in the last 12 months was 228.1 per 1,000 residents and was 197.9% higher than the Balderton South average (76.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 23.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -60.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 0.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lakeside Balderton Shopping Centre (NG24 3EZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Groveview Road (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Lakeside Balderton Shopping Centre area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Groveview Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences London Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Groveview Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Coronation Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Birch Road —
Sep 2025Other crime Howard'S Gardens Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alder Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Glebe Park Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Groveview Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Glebe Park Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Groveview Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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