Postcode · Sutton-in-Ashfield
Crime in NG17 1NA
How much crime is recorded in NG17 1NA, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Sutton St Mary's & Ashfields
- Council
- Ashfield
- Region
- East Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,769 (2024)
How safe is NG17 1NA
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 16.2 offences per 1,000 people a year in the NG17 1NA area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 4 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
4/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
16.2
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
34
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Recorded offences per 1,000 people a year (counting both residents and people who work locally, or per 1,000 households for burglary).
NG17 1NANational
Violence and sexual offences10.423.6
Burglary9.29.1
Anti-social behaviour6.410.7
Other theft3.14.5
Criminal damage and arson2.64.7
Vehicle crime2.53.5
Shoplifting1.58.4
Public order1.44.6
Drugs1.12.4
Other crime1.01.5
Robbery0.61.4
Possession of weapons0.50.9
Bicycle theft0.21.0
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.