Crime Statistics for Forest Town, Nottinghamshire, Nottinghamshire, 2024

There were a total of 160 street level crime incidents in Forest Town 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 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 Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	51
Anti Social Behaviour	32
Criminal Damage Arson	14
Other Theft	11
Other Crime	11
Shoplifting	10
Drugs	8
Public Order	6
Burglary	5
Possession Of Weapons	5
Vehicle Crime	3
Robbery	2
Bicycle Theft	1
Theft From The Person	1
All Crime	160

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 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.

Location	Crime Incidents
Mansfield (1.96 miles)	463
Ladybrook (2.56 miles)	208
Forest Town	160
Mansfield Woodhouse (1.39 miles)	130
Newlands (0.62 miles)	71
Rainworth (3.1 miles)	36
Old Clipstone (2.24 miles)	23
Gorsethorpe (2.63 miles)	21
Spion Kop (2.56 miles)	7
Sherwood Forest (2.81 miles)	3

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.

Location	Violent Incidents
Mansfield	146
Ladybrook	66
Forest Town	51
Mansfield Woodhouse	51
Newlands	39
Rainworth	12
Gorsethorpe	10
Old Clipstone	9
Sherwood Forest	2
Spion Kop	1

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.

#	Ward	Score
1	Newgate	82
2	Yeoman Hill	80
3	Oak Tree	71
4	Racecourse	69
5	Peafields	50
6	Ling Forest	49
7	Kingsway	46
8	Eakring	42
9	Maun Valley	42
10	Newlands	41
11	Holly	35

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 Gressingham Close.