Total Crime Rate

56.0 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 56.0 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.9 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 12.9 3/10
  • Burglary 4.3 5/10
  • Other crime 4.3 6/10
  • Other theft 4.3 4/10
  • 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
  • Vehicle crime 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

Dickens Road area has the 18th highest crime rate of 40 local areas in Worksop East , and the 191st highest crime rate of 384 local areas in Bassetlaw .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Dickens Road (S81 0DR) in the last 12 months was 56.0 per 1,000 residents and was 29.0% lower than the Worksop East average (79.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 12.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dickens Road (S81 0DR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sitwell Close, where police recorded 72 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Milton Drive (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Dickens Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Masefield Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Sitwell Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rayton Spur Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Masefield Place
Sep 2025Other crime Kilton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Masefield Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Sitwell Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Sitwell Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Sitwell Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Sitwell Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Milton Drive Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Milton Drive Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Milton Drive Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Milton Walk Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Byron Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kilton Crescent
Sep 2025Shoplifting Sitwell Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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