Edwinstowe Crime Rate March 2023 | Monthly Statistics

March 2023 saw Edwinstowe maintain a crime rate of 3.5 per 1,000 residents, placing it 53.9% below the UK average of 7.6 per 1,000. This stark contrast to national trends is most evident in the breakdown of crime types, where anti-social behaviour and violence accounted for over half of all reported incidents, yet both categories remained well below their respective UK averages. Anti-social behaviour, which made up 26.3% of crimes, occurred at a rate of 0.9 per 1,000 — 13% below the UK average for this category. Similarly, violence and sexual offences, also contributing 26.3% of total crimes, were recorded at 0.9 per 1,000, a figure 67% lower than the UK average of 2.7 per 1,000. These discrepancies suggest a unique local dynamic, potentially influenced by Edwinstowe’s small, built-up area status within Newark and Sherwood, where community cohesion and limited nightlife may temper the prevalence of these crime types. The seasonal transition to spring, with longer evenings and the clocks changing, may have encouraged more outdoor activity, yet crime rates remained consistently low. The rate of criminal damage and arson — 0.7 per 1,000 — was 17% above the UK average of 0.6 per 1,000, indicating a minor localised anomaly that warrants closer examination in the context of property characteristics or local enforcement patterns.

March 2023’s crime mix revealed striking contrasts between Edwinstowe and the UK average. While violent crime and anti-social behaviour remained the most common categories, both were recorded at rates 67% and 13% below their respective UK averages, respectively. This underrepresentation of violent crime is particularly notable in a built-up area, where higher population density might typically correlate with increased interpersonal crime. Conversely, criminal damage and arson — a category that accounted for 21.1% of all crimes — occurred at a rate 17% above the UK average, a deviation that stands out against the otherwise low overall crime profile. Public order offences, which contributed 10.5% of crimes, were recorded at 0.4 per 1,000 — 38% below the UK average of 0.6 per 1,000, suggesting that local enforcement or community norms may effectively mitigate disorderly conduct. The only category that aligned closely with the UK average was drugs-related crime, which occurred at 0.2 per 1,000 — matching the national rate exactly. These patterns highlight the importance of contextual factors, such as Edwinstowe’s size and character, in shaping local crime profiles. For residents, the data underscores that while property-related crimes like criminal damage are slightly elevated, violent and anti-social crime remain lower than national benchmarks.

In March 2023, Edwinstowe reported 19 total crimes over 31 days, averaging roughly one crime per day — a rate that, when scaled to the area’s population of 5,377 residents, translates to one reported crime for every 283 residents over the course of the month. This monthly exposure figure places the area in a starkly different context compared to the UK average, where crime rates are more than double. On a daily basis, Edwinstowe’s crime frequency appears even more subdued, with the 1-in-283 resident figure suggesting a level of safety that is rare in similarly sized built-up areas. The population-scaled perspective reinforces the area’s low crime profile: for every 1,000 residents, only 3.5 crimes were recorded, compared to 7.6 per 1,000 nationally. This disparity is most pronounced in violent crime, where Edwinstowe’s rate of 0.9 per 1,000 is 67% below the UK average of 2.7 per 1,000. Such a gap may be attributed to the area’s small size, limited commercial activity, and possibly a strong sense of community that deters criminal activity. However, the slight elevation in criminal damage and arson — 0.7 per 1,000 compared to the UK average of 0.6 per 1,000 — hints at localized vulnerabilities that could be influenced by factors such as property maintenance or local enforcement priorities. These figures collectively illustrate an area where most residents are unlikely to encounter crime, but where targeted interventions may still be necessary for specific categories.