Crime Statistics for Newark, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, 2024

There were a total of 188 street level crime incidents in Newark in February 2024. 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 Newark, 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 Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	79
Anti Social Behaviour	25
Shoplifting	18
Other Theft	13
Vehicle Crime	12
Public Order	11
Criminal Damage Arson	11
Burglary	10
Other Crime	3
Drugs	3
Robbery	2
Possession Of Weapons	1
All Crime	188

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Newark. 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 Newark

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Millfield (1.86 miles)	551
New England (1.96 miles)	474
Fengate (1.39 miles)	467
Paston (1.75 miles)	345
Walton (2.77 miles)	274
New Fletton (2.24 miles)	242
Newark	188
Old Fletton (2.78 miles)	148
Eye (1.39 miles)	75
Eye Green (1.96 miles)	33

Where are the most violent places near Newark?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Millfield	235
New England	201
Fengate	151
Paston	140
Walton	105
New Fletton	81
Newark	79
Old Fletton	57
Eye	38
Eye Green	21

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

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 Newark 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 Newark compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Newark and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Newark is ranked #4.

#	Ward	Score
1	Dogsthorpe	92
2	North	86
3	Central	82
4	East	80
5	Park	79
6	Paston and Walton	78
7	Fletton and Stanground	78
8	Ravensthorpe	77
9	Eye, Thorney and Newborough	68
10	Stanground South	60
11	Gunthorpe	59

Which road in Newark has the highest level of crime?

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