Total Crime Rate

133.9 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 133.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 56.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 29.8 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 20.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.0 5/10
  • Other theft 6.0 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.0 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.0 3/10
  • Burglary 3.0 2/10
  • Drugs 3.0 2/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Bowbridge Road area has the 12th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Devon , and the 61st highest crime rate of 434 local areas in Newark and Sherwood .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Bowbridge Road (NG24 4DF) in the last 12 months was 133.9 per 1,000 residents and was 29.1% higher than the Devon average (103.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 62.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -36.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bowbridge Road (NG24 4DF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Pollard Close, where police recorded 80 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Byron Close (32 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Bowbridge Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Byron Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Enright Close Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Byron Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Byron Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Byron Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Byron Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sydney Terrace
Sep 2025Shoplifting Pollard Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lord Hawke Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Byron Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Byron Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Byron Close
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Byron Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Carlton Road
Sep 2025Public order The Crescent Under investigation

Data Sources

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