Total Crime Rate

280.7 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 280.7 10/10
  • Shoplifting 154.4 10/10
  • Other theft 38.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 35.1 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.1 8/10
  • Public order 10.5 7/10
  • Burglary 7.0 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.5 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.5 3/10
  • Robbery 3.5 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.5 3/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Lowfield Lane area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Balderton South , and the 18th 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 Lowfield Lane (NG24 3HL) in the last 12 months was 280.7 per 1,000 residents and was 266.6% higher than the Balderton South average (76.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 44 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 1000.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -16.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 49.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lowfield Lane (NG24 3HL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Belvoir Road, where police recorded 55 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Vessey Close (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Lowfield Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Orchard Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mount Road —
Sep 2025Other theft Orchard Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Orchard Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Gibson Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Centenary Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Sykes Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Belvoir Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Belvoir Road —
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Data Sources

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