Total Crime Rate

489.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

110.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 489.4 10/10
  • Shoplifting 153.2 10/10
  • Violent crimes 110.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 76.6 9/10
  • Other theft 59.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 42.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 42.6 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 34.0 10/10
  • Burglary 25.5 10/10
  • Public order 21.3 9/10
  • Drugs 12.8 9/10
  • Robbery 8.5 8/10
  • Theft from the person 8.5 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.3 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Babbage Way area has the 4th highest crime rate of 44 local areas in Worksop North West , and the 12th highest crime rate of 386 local areas in Bassetlaw .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Babbage Way (S80 1UJ) in the last 12 months was 489.4 per 1,000 residents and was 233.3% 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 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -10.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 110.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Babbage Way (S80 1UJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 161 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sime Street (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Babbage Way area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/42)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Speedwell Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Babbage Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Babbage Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Trent Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Mill Street Further action is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Sime Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sime Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Grafton Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Speedwell Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Babbage Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Theft from the person Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences John Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences John Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Percival Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Babbage Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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