Total Crime Rate

85.0 per 1,000 7/10 · High

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 85.0 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 44.2 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.6 6/10
  • Other crime 13.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.2 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.4 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Cawston Gardens area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 24 local areas in Hucknall South , and the 165th highest crime rate of 428 local areas in Ashfield .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Cawston Gardens (NG6 8LW) in the last 12 months was 85.0 per 1,000 residents and was 27.1% higher than the Hucknall South average (66.9 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 Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 44.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cawston Gardens (NG6 8LW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Norwich Gardens, where police recorded 50 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Gaul Street (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Cawston Gardens area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Welton Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Murby Crescent —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Springhill Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Springhill Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ravensworth Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Latham Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Latham Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Latham Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Latham Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Latham Street —
Sep 2025Public order Murby Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dunholme Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Norwich Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bacton Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gaul Street —
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Bold Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gaul Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gaul Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gaul Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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