Total Crime Rate
344.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
45.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Sandy Lane area has the 9th highest crime rate of 44 local areas in Worksop North West , and the 21st highest crime rate of 386 local areas in Bassetlaw .
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 Sandy Lane (S80 1SR) in the last 12 months was 344.0 per 1,000 residents and was 134.3% higher than the Worksop North West average (146.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 45 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 45.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sandy Lane (S80 1SR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 56 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shaw Street (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Worksop North West| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Speedwell Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Speedwell Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | John Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | John Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Percival Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elms Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Elms Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cresswell Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cresswell Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cresswell Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cresswell Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sime Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Mill Street | Further action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Grafton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Sime Street | Under investigation |
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