Total Crime Rate
209.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
142.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Boundary Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Devon , and the 30th highest crime rate of 436 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 Boundary Road (NG24 4DZ) in the last 12 months was 209.3 per 1,000 residents and was 111.0% higher than the Devon average (99.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 44 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 49 (≈ 142.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Boundary Road (NG24 4DZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cleveland Square, where police recorded 56 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Byron Close (37 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowbridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cleveland Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Jubilee Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Jubilee Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | The Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Pollard Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Pollard Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Pollard Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Pollard Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Pollard Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowbridge Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bowbridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cleveland Square | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Bowbridge Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Carlton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Carlton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carlton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Enright Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Enright Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Enright Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Enright Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Byron Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Cleveland Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | The Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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