Total Crime Rate

129.4 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

61.8 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 129.4 8/10
  • Violent crimes 61.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 61.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 20.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.7 7/10
  • Other theft 11.8 8/10
  • Burglary 5.9 6/10
  • Other crime 5.9 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.9 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Fairfax Avenue 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 Fairfax Avenue (NG24 4PQ) 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 Fairfax Avenue (NG24 4PQ), 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.

Crime Over Time in Fairfax Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (27/27)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Forster Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Jersey Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Churchill Drive —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Churchill Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Churchill Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Churchill Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Churchill Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Churchill Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Philip Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Grange Road —
Apr 2026Other crime Friars Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gorse Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Friars Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Friars Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Friars Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Jersey Street —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Jersey Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Jersey Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Jersey Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Meldrum Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Addison Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Addison Avenue —
Apr 2026Other crime Elizabeth Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wentworth Corner Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Thorpe Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Langdale Close —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Forster Avenue Under investigation
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Data Sources

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