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Postcode district · Sutton-in-Ashfield

Crime in NG17

How much crime is recorded in NG17, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.

Council
Ashfield
Region
East Midlands
Population
80,562 (2024)
Crime

How safe is NG17

Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 32.7 offences per 1,000 people a year in NG17, broadly in line with the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 7 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.

Higher-harm crime band
7/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime

Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.

Higher-harm
32.7
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
72
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
By type

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).

NG17National
Violence and sexual offences25.623.6
Anti-social behaviour11.610.7
Shoplifting9.28.4
Burglary8.59.1
Criminal damage and arson6.24.7
Public order4.14.6
Other theft3.94.5
Other crime3.01.5
Vehicle crime2.73.5
Drugs1.72.4
Robbery1.21.4
Possession of weapons1.10.9
Bicycle theft0.71.0
Theft from the person0.52.1
Trend

Higher-harm crime over time

It has fallen 10% 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.

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