Photo: Jonathan Clitheroe · CC BY-SA 2.0Newstead stands out for anti-social behaviour: 2 times the rate of a typical town its size
Recorded violence fell 15% in a year. Measured against the 1,541 UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people, 27% of them record more crime per resident. Taking everything together, Newstead scores B−: close to the middle of UK towns, measured on crimes police recorded inside its built-up area between September 2023 and August 2026. Each year brought 25.3 violent and sexual offences and 8.6 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage for every 1,000 residents.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Newstead
Violent crime fell over the year
In the 12 months to August 2026 police recorded 15% less violent crime per resident in Newstead than in the year before; across UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people violent crime held steady. Trend ↓
More crime than many places its size
Of 550 UK towns of 2,000 to 3,000 people, Newstead has the 366th lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Brimscombe and Thrupp, Chiseldon and Grendon, higher than Pucklechurch, Padstow and Bassingbourn. Towns its size ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
The B− for Newstead, and how it is built
A fairly firm grade. Built on 224 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Newstead against every UK town of 1,000 or more.
Per resident, against all UK towns; beside it, how it compares with towns its size.
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Against the typical town its size, Newstead runs highest on other crime (5.4 per 1,000 against 1.1), anti-social behaviour (10.9 per 1,000 against 5.3) and criminal damage & arson (4.5 per 1,000 against 3.2).
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 49 | 22.2 | 16.6 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 24 | 10.9 | 5.3 |
| Other crime | not graded | 12 | 5.4 | 1.1 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 10 | 4.5 | 3.2 |
| Public order | not graded | 5 | 2.3 | 2.4 |
| Other theft | not graded | 5 | 2.3 | 2.5 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 5 | 2.3 | 1.5 |
| Drugs | not graded | 3 | 1.4 | 0.6 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 2 | 0.9 | 0 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 1 | 0.5 | 1.6 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robbery | Violent | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Theft from the person | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0 |
“Violent” is police.uk’s violence and sexual offences (which includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury), robbery and possession of weapons. Anti-social behaviour isn’t a crime category; shoplifting and other theft happen mostly in shops and town centres rather than to residents, so neither counts in the grade.
September 2025 to August 2026, per 1,000 residents. The tick on each bar is the typical (median) town among UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people.
How crime in Newstead has moved
“Towns its size” pools all UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people that police.uk covers each month (Greater Manchester has no data).
Rolling twelve-month rate, per 1,000 residents a year (longer windows for smaller places, where a few crimes swing a month). In the 12 months to August 2026 against the 12 before: violent -15% (towns its size +3%), homes and vehicles -20% (towns its size +0%), anti-social behaviour -37% (towns its size -1%).
Among 550 towns its size, Newstead ranks 366th for the least graded crime
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richhill Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon | 2,738 | 6.2 | 2.8 | 3 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 35 | Sutton Bonington Nottinghamshire | 2,064 | 4.8 | 10 | 2.8 | A |
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| 40 | Gamston (Rushcliffe) Nottinghamshire | 2,171 | 9.8 | 5.2 | 2.5 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 62 | Collingham Nottinghamshire | 2,870 | 10 | 6.9 | 6 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 135 | Trowell Nottinghamshire | 2,165 | 13.6 | 7.2 | 1.7 | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 363 | Pucklechurch Gloucestershire | 2,702 | 23.6 | 10.1 | 3 | B− |
| 364 | Padstow Cornwall | 2,351 | 25 | 8.7 | 10.8 | B− |
| 365 | Bassingbourn Cambridgeshire | 2,353 | 24.5 | 9.4 | 2.1 | B− |
| 366 | Newstead Nottinghamshire | 2,204 | 25.3 | 8.6 | 2.6 | B− |
| 367 | Ash Green Warwickshire | 2,562 | 21.1 | 12.9 | 2.9 | B− |
| 368 | Cullybackey Mid and East Antrim | 2,659 | 26.8 | 7.3 | 7.9 | B− |
| 369 | Eggborough North Yorkshire | 2,440 | 22.4 | 11.8 | 2.9 | B− |
| … | ||||||
| 550 | Avonmouth Bristol | 2,643 | 82.9 | 54.6 | 60.4 | D− |
Safety letters rank against every UK town of 1,000 or more; the order here is context only.
Graded crime per 1,000 residents a year, September 2023 to August 2026, counting from the least: towns ranked near Newstead, and others in Nottinghamshire.
Crime in Newstead per 1,000 residents
A crime isn’t a victim: one person can report several, and crimes in a town centre often involve visitors rather than residents.
And about 7 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 2 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
No one died in a collision on Newstead’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 2 collisions with injuries inside Newstead in five years. 1 person was killed or seriously injured: 0 on foot and 0 on a bicycle.
Most UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people (94%) had no road deaths in these five years, and Newstead is one of them.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Newstead’s size at the median for UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people would see about 1 people killed or seriously injured in five years; Newstead had 1.
Casualties are counted where the collision happened, not where people lived: a main road through town adds through-traffic, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Seriously injured uses the Department for Transport’s adjusted figures, which even out the police forces’ different ways of recording injuries. There’s no national rate here: more than half of road deaths in England and Wales (58%) happen outside every town’s built-up area. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), 2021–2025.
Collisions police recorded inside Newstead’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Newstead
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newstead | 2,204 | 25.3 | 8.6 | B− |
| Annesley Woodhouse | 6,162 | 31.2 | 11.7 | C |
| Kirkby-in-Ashfield | 21,262 | 35.7 | 16.4 | C− |
| Hucknall | 35,848 | 34.4 | 14.3 | C− |
| Selston | 6,278 | 23.7 | 9.7 | B− |
| Ravenshead | 5,370 | 8.4 | 5.2 | A+ |
| Brinsley and Underwood | 4,514 | 14.6 | 7.3 | A− |
| Sutton in Ashfield | 36,435 | 45 | 19.4 | D |
Newstead records more graded crime per resident than 3 of its 7 neighbours. Selston, 2.9 miles away, records 23.7 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Newstead’s 25.3.
Per 1,000 residents a year, the same three years. Tap a town for its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Where crimes happen, not where victims live. police.uk places each crime at a point near where it happened. Town centres with shops, stations, a hospital and nightlife record more crime per resident, and residents of nearby villages who come in to shop or go out are part of that count.
- Bigger towns record more per resident. Across UK towns, recorded crime per resident rises steeply with size, more than in the U.S., so a city’s grade sits low against the whole UK. The “towns its size” figures show where Newstead sits among towns like it; they are context and don’t change the grade.
- Points are approximate. police.uk moves each point to the nearest of a set of anonymous map points, so crimes near the edge of the built-up area can fall either side of it.
Questions about safety in Newstead
Is Newstead safe?
Police recorded 25.3 violent and sexual offences and 8.6 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Newstead’s built-up area). That earns a B− for safety: less crime per resident than 46% of UK towns. Among 550 UK towns of 2,000 to 3,000 people, Newstead is 366th from the least crime.
Is crime going up in Newstead?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime fell 15%, burglary, vehicle crime and damage fell 20%, shoplifting and theft fell 17% and anti-social behaviour fell 37%. Across UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Newstead?
Violence & sexual offences: 49 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came other crime (12) and criminal damage & arson (10), with 24 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Newstead compare with Mansfield?
Mansfield records 56.4 violent and sexual offences and 22.2 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Newstead’s 25.3 and 8.6, over the same three years.
Sources: data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · MHCLG English Indices of Deprivation 2025, crime domain by LSOA (residents from ONS Census 2021) · Department for Transport road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions 2021–2025, points inside the built-up-area boundary · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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