New figures released today reveal that crime rates have fallen across Nottinghamshire.
The figures released today (November 4), by the Office for National Statistics show that across the East Midlands, Nottinghamshire Police has seen a big reduction in crime rates in the year to June 2021.
In total, crime in Notts fell by more than three times the national average – meaning there were around 11,000 fewer victims in the last year compared to the previous year.
Burglary plummeted by almost a third – with a drop of 31 per cent compared to the previous year.
Violence with injury fell by 17 per cent, theft fell by 22 per cent, while sexual offences also saw a reduction in figures too with a fall of seven per cent.
Figures for the same period showed knife crime also decreased by 10 per cent.
Nottinghamshire Police say the reduction in crime remains the best outside the City of London Police, which covers just a square mile of the capital.
From an East Midlands perspective, Nottinghamshire has continued to see less crime than Leicestershire, which has historically had lower volumes of crime than Nottinghamshire.
Chief Constable Guildford said: “It’s clear to see that crime has reduced in Nottinghamshire far more than other areas.
“As we continue to move out of the Covid restrictions we are still seeing credible reductions which means fewer victims.
“The workforce continues to work incredibly hard in serving the public and focussing upon those who cause communities angst. I admire their individual and collective efforts.
“This shows that the reductions are not just due to the ‘covid effect’ but also our relentless pursuit of offenders who cause the most harm to our communities.
“Our force level targeting operations to tackle serious organised crime, drug dealing and other serious offences is paying dividends in bringing people to justice and keeping Nottinghamshire safe.
“Our dedicated teams including Operation Reacher, burglary, knife crime and robbery teams are now out and about every day in locations across Nottinghamshire relentlessly tackling criminals and offenders who break the law.”
Nottinghamshire Police and Crime Commissioner Caroline Henry, said: “The latest figures – showing crime rates in Nottinghamshire falling three times below the national average – are a testament to the success of our dedicated police response to incidents of crime.”
