Total Crime Rate

56.6 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 56.6 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 35.0 7/10
  • Burglary 8.1 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.4 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.7 1/10
  • Other crime 2.7 2/10
  • Public order 2.7 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Meldrum Crescent area has the 24th lowest crime rate of 56 local areas in Devon , and the 186th highest crime rate of 434 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 Meldrum Crescent (NG24 4NZ) in the last 12 months was 56.6 per 1,000 residents and was 45.4% lower 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 37.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Meldrum Crescent (NG24 4NZ), the main crime hotspot is near Churchill Drive. Police recorded 76 crimes here, including 18 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Meldrum Crescent area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (21/21)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fairfax Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson College Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons College Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences College Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences College Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Churchill Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Churchill Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Churchill Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Churchill Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Churchill Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Churchill Drive —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Churchill Drive —
Sep 2025Other theft Parkway Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Jersey Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Jersey Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pierson Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Pierson Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fairfax Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hawton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Forster Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft College Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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