Total Crime Rate
19.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
6.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Grange Road area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 56 local areas in Devon , and the 63rd lowest crime rate of 436 local areas in Newark and Sherwood .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Grange Road (NG24 4LS) in the last 12 months was 19.2 per 1,000 residents and was 80.7% lower 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 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 6.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Grange Road (NG24 4LS), the main crime hotspot is near Churchill Drive. Police recorded 62 crimes here, including 14 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Friars Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Philip Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Vixen Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gorse Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Friars Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Friars Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Friars Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jersey Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jersey Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Jersey Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Jersey Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grange Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Jersey Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thorpe Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Churchill Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Churchill Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Churchill Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Churchill Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Churchill Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lindsay Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Churchill Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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