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Overview of Ashfield crime rate

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Ashfield, with a medium crime rating, stands 11th in crime rates among 25 neighboring boroughs. The district reported 12,658 criminal incidents in 2023, against a backdrop of a population of 126,300. This results in a crime rate of 100.22 per 1,000 residents, showing a 4.4% decrease from the year before.

In Ashfield, the most frequently occurring crimes include Violence and sexual offences (32.6%), Anti-social behaviour (15.4%), and Shoplifting (12.5%), while the least frequent are Robbery (0.8%), Bicycle theft (0.7%), and Theft from the person (0.5%).

Among its 23 wards, the highest crime rates are observed in Sutton Central & New Cross (179.4), Hucknall Central (167.8), and Greenwood & Summit (163.6), whereas the safest wards include Sutton Junction & Harlow Wood (53.7), Underwood (47.8), and Larwood (39.9).

Ashfield has seen a significant increase in Anti-social behaviour in 2020, along with rises in Shoplifting and Violence and sexual offences in recent years. However, there has been a notable decrease in Anti-social behaviour from 2021 onwards, with significant reductions observed in 2022. Additionally, decreases in Criminal damage and arson, Shoplifting, Vehicle crime, and Violence and sexual offences were also reported in 2020, with a drop in Violence and sexual offences in 2023.

Ashfield crime incidents by crime type

A total of 12658 crime incidents were reported in 2023. Below is the breakdown by crime type.

Violence and sexual offences – 4122 (32.6)%
Anti-social behaviour – 1945 (15.4)%
Shoplifting – 1587 (12.5)%
Criminal damage and arson – 1257 (9.9)%
Public order – 819 (6.5)%
Other theft – 790 (6.2)%
Vehicle crime – 564 (4.5)%
Burglary – 508 (4.0)%
Drugs – 330 (2.6)%
Other crime – 329 (2.6)%
Possession of weapons – 147 (1.2)%
Robbery – 107 (0.8)%
Bicycle theft – 92 (0.7)%
Theft from the person – 61 (0.5)%

How does Ashfield compare against nearby areas ?

Ashfield ranks 11th when compared against 25 nearby boroughs/local administrative districts.

List of nearby boroughs/local administrative districts from high crime rate to low (2023):

Heat map for all nearby areas Ashfield is compared against

Crime rates in Ashfield wards

There are 23 wards within Ashfield. Sutton Central & New Cross, Hucknall Central, Greenwood & Summit has highest crime rate (crime per 1000 residents). Below map shows 2023 crime rates broken down by crime types.

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List of all 23 wards from high crime rate to low.