Total Crime Rate
137.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Cleveland 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.
View Crime In Devon| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cleveland Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hardwick Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Rupert Crescent | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Enright Close | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bevercotes Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Addison Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Addison Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Addison Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cleveland Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cleveland Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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