Total Crime Rate

137.6 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 137.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 34.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 28.0 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 21.5 9/10
  • Other theft 10.8 8/10
  • Burglary 8.6 8/10
  • Public order 8.6 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.5 6/10
  • Drugs 4.3 5/10
  • Other crime 4.3 6/10
  • Robbery 4.3 6/10
  • Theft from the person 4.3 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.2 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Cleveland Square area has the 11th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Devon , and the 59th 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 Cleveland Square (NG24 4HJ) in the last 12 months was 137.6 per 1,000 residents and was 32.7% higher than the Devon average (103.7 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 , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -43.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 40.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -29.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -15.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cleveland Square (NG24 4HJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Addison Avenue, where police recorded 38 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cleveland Square (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Cleveland Square area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cleveland Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hardwick Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Rupert Crescent Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Enright Close Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bevercotes Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Addison Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Addison Avenue
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Addison Avenue
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cleveland Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cleveland Square Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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