Total Crime Rate
129.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
61.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Philip Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Devon , and the 67th 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 Philip Road (NG24 4PD) in the last 12 months was 129.4 per 1,000 residents and was 30.5% 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 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 61.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 23.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Philip Road (NG24 4PD), 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Langdale Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Jersey Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Friars Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Friars Crescent | Under investigation |
| 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Jersey Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Jersey Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Churchill Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Meldrum Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Churchill Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grange Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Churchill Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Churchill Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Churchill Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Churchill Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Philip Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Elizabeth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Friars Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gorse Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Forster Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Forster Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wentworth Corner | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thorpe Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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