Crime Statistics for Forest Town, Nottinghamshire, Nottinghamshire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Forest Town in August 2024. There were a total of 344 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Forest Town, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime132
Anti Social Behaviour84
Criminal Damage Arson34
Public Order20
Vehicle Crime16
Other Crime14
Drugs12
Other Theft10
Shoplifting10
Possession Of Weapons6
Burglary2
Bicycle Theft2
Theft From The Person2
All Crime344

Map of street level crime incidents in August 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Forest Town. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.



Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Forest Town

We've taken the ten nearest places to Forest Town and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Forest Town has more crime than other surrounding areas.

LocationCrime Incidents
Mansfield (1.96 miles)507
Forest Town309
Ladybrook (2.56 miles)303
Mansfield Woodhouse (1.39 miles)199
Newlands (0.62 miles)111
Old Clipstone (2.24 miles)50
Gorsethorpe (2.63 miles)45
Rainworth (3.1 miles)38
Sherwood Forest (2.81 miles)18
Spion Kop (2.56 miles)8

5.89%
of Maun Valley residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Forest Town?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Forest Town and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

LocationViolent Incidents
Forest Town132
Mansfield113
Ladybrook76
Mansfield Woodhouse55
Newlands47
Old Clipstone18
Gorsethorpe16
Rainworth8
Sherwood Forest8
Spion Kop3

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Forest Town?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Forest Town to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Forest Town compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Forest Town and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Forest Town is ranked #9.

#WardScore
1Newgate82
2Yeoman Hill80
3Oak Tree71
4Racecourse69
5Peafields50
6Ling Forest49
7Kingsway46
8Eakring42
9Maun Valley42
10Newlands41
11Holly35

Which road in Forest Town has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Forest Town with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around this marker.

Last updated: August 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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