Sutton St Mary's, Ashfield: Safety
Safety
Crime in Sutton St Mary's has dropped sharply over the past two years. It fell from 113.9 crimes per 1,000 people in 2024 to 93.8 in 2025, and it's now at 48.7 per 1,000 in 2026 — well below the UK average of 39.6.
Back in 2024, crime here was above the UK average of 91.6 per 1,000. By 2025 it had dropped to 93.8, just above the national figure of 88.6. The improvement has kept going into 2026, with the gap between this neighbourhood and the national average now much tighter than it was.
Anti-social behaviour has seen one of the biggest improvements, falling from 77 incidents in 2024 to just 14 so far in 2026. Compared to neighbouring Sutton Central and New Cross, which recorded 207.2 crimes per 1,000 in 2025, Sutton St Mary's is considerably quieter.
Source: police-recorded crime for Sutton St Mary's ward (Nottinghamshire Police, data.police.uk), Jan 2024–Aug 2026; residents from Census 2021. This summary may predate the latest data release; the table below has the current figures.
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Crime rate comparison
Crimes per 1,000 residents, Jan–Dec 2025. Sutton St Mary's ward: Nottinghamshire Police data via data.police.uk; residents from Census 2021. Averages are for all wards in the area over the same months. Planna's safety index uses the latest 12 months instead, so it can differ.
2024
2025
Jan–Aug 2026
Sutton St Mary's ward
Crimes/1,000 residents
93.3
Similar to
UK average (England, Wales & N. Ireland)
98.8
Similar to
East Midlands region average
95.9
Neighbouring wards
Lower than
Carsic
120.2
Lower than
Sutton Central & New Cross
214
Higher than
Huthwaite & Brierley
75.2
Lower than
Leamington
116.8
Higher than
Ashfields
60.5
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Types of Crime
Share of police-recorded crimes in Sutton St Mary's ward and the East Midlands region average, Jan–Dec 2025.
This ward
Regional average
- Violent offences31%36%
- Anti-social behaviour14%18%
- Criminal damage and arson9%8%
- Shoplifting8%9%
- Vehicle crime8%4%
- Other theft7%6%
- Public order6%7%
- Burglary5%4%
- Robbery4%1%
- Other crime4%2%
- Bicycle theft3%1%
- Drugs2%3%
- Possession of weapons1%1%
- Theft from the person<1%1%
