Crime and Safety in Ollerton and Boughton
Last updated: 07 Jun 2026
Ollerton and Boughton is among the top 10 most dangerous small towns in Nottinghamshire, and is the 52nd most dangerous overall out of Nottinghamshire's 236 towns, villages, and cities. The overall crime rate in Ollerton and Boughton in 2026 is 63 crimes per 1,000 people. This compares favourably to Nottinghamshire's overall crime rate, coming in 20% lower than the Nottinghamshire rate of 78 per 1,000 daytime population. For England, Wales, and Northern Ireland as a whole, Ollerton and Boughton is the 267th most dangerous small town, and the 1,704th most dangerous location out of all towns, cities, and villages.
In December 2016, Ollerton and Boughton had the worst crime rate in Nottinghamshire for robbery, with 3 crimes reported and a crime rate of 0.25 per 1,000 daytime population. And in January 2025, Ollerton and Boughton was the worst small town in Nottinghamshire for public order, with 6 crimes reported and a crime rate of 0.46 per 1,000 daytime population. January 2025 was also a bad month for Ollerton and Boughton residents, when it was Nottinghamshire's most dangerous small town for shoplifting, recording 17 crimes at a rate of 1.3 per 1,000 daytime population.
The most common crimes in Ollerton and Boughton are violence and sexual offences, with 395 offences during 2026, giving a crime rate of 31. This is 1.5% lower than 2025's figure of 401 offences and a difference of 0.44 from 2025's crime rate of 31. Ollerton and Boughton's least common crime is theft from the person, with 2 offences recorded in 2026, an increase of 100% from 2025's figure of 1 crime.
Ollerton and Boughton 2026 Crime Scorecard
Top 10 Most Dangerous
Small Towns, Nottinghamshire
10% lower, regional crime rate
East Midlands
13% lower, national crime rate
England, Wales & NI
Local Crime in Context
As of April 2026, the crime rate in Ollerton and Boughton is 10% lower than the East Midlands and 13% lower than the England, Wales & Northern Ireland overall figure.
Ollerton and Boughton Crime Rate Over Time
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Ollerton and Boughton Crime Map
Incidents mapped in Ollerton and Boughton represent the time frame between January 2016 and April 2026. Each point on the map represents an area where crimes have been recorded locally.
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Introduction to Ollerton and Boughton's crime statistics
This crime profile provides a detailed view of crime and safety around Ollerton and Boughton up to April 2026, the most recent data release available. The crime figures and statistics have been calculated across each of Ollerton and Boughton's 250 postcodes using three area sizes for comparison:
- Within a Five-Minute Walk
- Within a Ten-Minute Walk
- Within a Fifteen-Minute Walk
Individual crime risk scores and index figures are for the 12-month period ending April 2026 unless otherwise stated.
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Crime Risk Scores
Ollerton and Boughton • 12 Months Ending April 2026
The typical five-minute walk within Ollerton and Boughton has a crime risk score of 543. This is based on analysis of 250 nearby areas within Ollerton and Boughton, with "most" referring to roughly two thirds of the nearby locations.
Crime risk scores are on a scale of 1 to 1,000 and consider the severity of the crimes involved, as determined by sentencing guidelines. A score of 1 represents the lowest risk, and 1,000 the highest risk. This approach ensures that - unlike overall crime rate figures - bicycle theft is not given the same importance in Ollerton and Boughton's risk scores as, for example, robbery, or violence & sexual offences.
Within a five-minute walk of the typical location in Ollerton and Boughton, crime risk scores are typically around 543, while in Nottinghamshire they are average 469.
Areas within a ten-minute walk typically see crime risk scores of 548 (475 for Nottinghamshire), and scores within a fifteen-minute walk are most often around 586 (Nottinghamshire 487).
Trends in Crime Risk
Ollerton and Boughton
Calculated via Seasonal and Trend decomposition using Loess, the Seasonality Adjusted line represents the original data with seasonality subtracted, and the Trend line has been plotted unadjusted. Overall trend direction has been identified using the Mann-Kendall trend test, and rate calculated from the slope of the best-fit line identified from linear regression.
The 10-year trend indicates a decrease of 40% in Ollerton and Boughton's crime risk score. This is potentially a strong signal of how the crime risk is evolving. Cross-referencing with major cultural events and Covid's impact during this time is advised.
Looking at the previous five years, the trend in Ollerton and Boughton's crime risk score is down by 11%. While potentially a good indicator of the overall risk trend, analysis may offer further insight when combined with the checks mentioned above.
Over the last year, Ollerton and Boughton's crime risk score has shown a downward trend of approximately 9%, indicating that the risk profile is going down. This is an extremely short time period for crime trend analysis, and caution should be exercised when interpreting this figure.
Crime Rates and Indexes
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The CrimeRate Index shows how crime rates compare against the national average.
1.0 equals the average
2.0 is double
3.0 triple
0.5 is half and
0.25 a quarter.
Highest Crime Rates
Ollerton and Boughton • 12 Months Ending April 2026
Excluding other crime and other theft because their geographic location is often not relevant, anti-social behaviour as its definition is too wide, and bicycle theft for its specificity.
Criminal Damage and Arson offences have a crime rate of 9.04 reports per 1,000 people in Ollerton and Boughton, which is 1.44 times the national average. This figure is calculated from 117 crime reports logged by Nottinghamshire Police during the 12-month period ending April 2026.
For the same period, Nottinghamshire Police recorded 9 reports of Possession of Weapons in Ollerton and Boughton, resulting in a crime rate of 0.70 reports per 1,000, and a CrimeRate Index of 1.43.
The crime rate for Violence and Sexual Offences is 1.00 times the national average at 31 reports per 1,000. This is from 395 crime reports reported to Nottinghamshire Police.
Most Significant 3-Year Increases in Crime Types
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Excluding other crime and other theft, anti-social behaviour, and bicycle theft, and calculated with the same STL method described in Trends in Crime Risk, using CrimeRate Index figures to identify crime types that are trending above or below the national average, and the analysis timeframe limited to the last three years.
Criminal Damage and Arson offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 2.00 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Criminal Damage and Arson CrimeRate Index was 0.87 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 130% over this timeframe.
Most Significant 3-Year Decreases in Crime Types
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Calculated with the same methodology as the largest increases section above.
Shoplifting offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 1.06 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Shoplifting CrimeRate Index was 1.42 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 25% over this timeframe.
Public Order offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.65 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Public Order CrimeRate Index was 0.73 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 11% over this timeframe.
Burglary offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.33 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Burglary CrimeRate Index was 1.07 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 69% over this timeframe.
Crime Type Breakdown & Heat Map
Ollerton and Boughton • 12 Months Ending April 2026
Size and colour reflect the CrimeRate Index figures for each type of crime.
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| Crime Type | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index |
| Anti-Social Behaviour | 149 | 11.50 | 0.81 | 20,414 | 15.50 | 1.10 | 82,288 | 14.84 | 1.05 |
| Bicycle Theft | 3 | 0.23 | 1.64 | 1,121 | 0.86 | 1.18 | 3,605 | 0.66 | 0.90 |
| Burglary | 24 | 1.85 | 0.64 | 4,042 | 3.08 | 0.98 | 16,428 | 2.97 | 0.95 |
| Criminal Damage and Arson | 117 | 9.04 | 1.44 | 10,294 | 7.82 | 1.25 | 36,709 | 6.63 | 1.06 |
| Drugs | 19 | 1.46 | 0.57 | 3,806 | 2.90 | 0.94 | 14,102 | 2.53 | 0.82 |
| Other Crime | 49 | 3.79 | 2.05 | 4,302 | 3.29 | 1.78 | 11,549 | 2.09 | 1.13 |
| Other Theft | 62 | 4.80 | 0.84 | 7,726 | 5.87 | 1.03 | 28,010 | 5.03 | 0.88 |
| Possession of Weapons | 9 | 0.70 | 1.43 | 1,682 | 1.27 | 1.49 | 5,077 | 0.92 | 1.08 |
| Public Order | 47 | 3.62 | 0.67 | 7,248 | 5.50 | 0.95 | 33,621 | 6.06 | 1.04 |
| Robbery | 6 | 0.48 | 0.81 | 1,898 | 1.43 | 1.21 | 5,222 | 0.95 | 0.81 |
| Shoplifting | 48 | 3.70 | 0.63 | 14,082 | 10.71 | 1.50 | 41,773 | 7.51 | 1.05 |
| Theft From the Person | 2 | 0.16 | 0.67 | 1,067 | 0.81 | 0.52 | 2,834 | 0.51 | 0.33 |
| Vehicle Crime | 33 | 2.54 | 0.64 | 5,554 | 4.21 | 0.98 | 20,391 | 3.67 | 0.85 |
| Violence and Sexual Offences | 395 | 30.52 | 1.00 | 40,476 | 30.74 | 1.01 | 169,276 | 30.51 | 1.00 |
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Total Crime by Year
Ollerton and Boughton | Nottinghamshire | East Midlands | |||||||
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| Year | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index |
| 2026 | 814 | 62.89 | 0.95 | 103,298 | 78.49 | 1.09 | 388,597 | 70.04 | 0.97 |
| 2025 | 812 | 63.01 | 0.92 | 97,463 | 74.60 | 1.01 | 391,366 | 71.16 | 0.96 |
| 2024 | 895 | 70.28 | 0.98 | 100,090 | 77.50 | 1.03 | 401,136 | 73.81 | 0.98 |
| 2023 | 877 | 69.20 | 0.94 | 104,108 | 81.43 | 1.03 | 420,118 | 78.15 | 0.99 |
| 2022 | 816 | 65.42 | 0.91 | 100,566 | 79.70 | 1.04 | 404,389 | 76.27 | 0.99 |
| 2021 | 756 | 60.89 | 0.93 | 87,058 | 69.37 | 1.01 | 361,494 | 68.61 | 1.00 |
| 2020 | 826 | 66.69 | 0.96 | 103,580 | 82.71 | 1.12 | 388,888 | 74.15 | 1.00 |
| 2019 | 838 | 68.38 | 0.95 | 107,727 | 86.11 | 1.13 | 375,243 | 71.88 | 0.94 |
| 2018 | 863 | 71.47 | 1.07 | 98,265 | 78.72 | 1.11 | 331,940 | 64.14 | 0.90 |
| 2017 | 700 | 58.54 | 0.99 | 83,249 | 66.98 | 1.05 | 297,381 | 58.03 | 0.91 |
| 2016 | 196 | 16.44 | 0.94 | 22,725 | 18.35 | 0.96 | 87,914 | 17.17 | 0.90 |
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Ollerton and Boughton Compared to Nearby Small Towns
12 Months Ending Apr 2026
| Small Town | Total Crimes | Crime Rate | Rate Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clifton | 2,292 | 99.62 | 58% more dangerous |
| Eastwood | 1,063 | 88.40 | 41% more dangerous |
| Harworth Bircotes | 817 | 81.12 | 29% more dangerous |
| Warsop | 861 | 66.98 | 7% more dangerous |
| Stapleford | 1,130 | 68.54 | 9% more dangerous |
| Ollerton and Boughton | 814 | 62.89 | - |
| Retford | 1,683 | 64.61 | 2.7% more dangerous |
| Mansfield Woodhouse | 1,158 | 59.43 | 6% safer |
| Cotgrave | 420 | 47.89 | 24% safer |
| Balderton | 524 | 50.55 | 20% safer |
| Radcliffe on Trent | 394 | 45.96 | 27% safer |
| Calverton | 359 | 44.48 | 29% safer |
| Bingham | 550 | 47.12 | 25% safer |
| Greasley | 554 | 43.78 | 30% safer |
| Selston | 527 | 42.44 | 33% safer |
| East Leake | 336 | 34.92 | 44% safer |
| Ruddington | 401 | 33.76 | 46% safer |
Comparing Ollerton and Boughton to the UK's Major Cities
12 Months Ending Apr 2026
| City Name | Crime Rate | Rate Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Ollerton and Boughton | 62.89 | - |
| Cardiff | 79.55 | 26% more dangerous |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | 82.69 | 31% more dangerous |
| Sheffield | 84.09 | 34% more dangerous |
| Leicester | 97.87 | 56% more dangerous |
| Bristol | 104.64 | 66% more dangerous |
| Birmingham | 105.05 | 67% more dangerous |
| Liverpool | 106.48 | 69% more dangerous |
| Leeds | 107.10 | 70% more dangerous |
| Nottingham | 107.74 | 71% more dangerous |
| Westminster | 125.00 | 99% more dangerous |
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Offences In and Around Ollerton and Boughton's Parks & Leisure Spaces
Limited to spaces in Ollerton and Boughton that are named and have had crimes recorded within their boundaries in the 12 months to Apr 2026.
| Name | ASB | Drugs | Public Order | Robbery | VSO | All Others |
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| Central Park Play Area | 9 | - | - | - | 14 | 18 |
| The Community Wildlife Garden | 2 | - | 1 | - | 13 | 4 |
Recent Crimes in Ollerton and Boughton
The 20 most recent crime reports in Ollerton and Boughton.
| Date | Crime Type | Location | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | On or near Whinney Lane | |
| April 2026 | Burglary | On or near Whinney Lane | |
| April 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | On or near Brake Lane | |
| April 2026 | Public order | On or near Forest Road | |
| April 2026 | Public order | On or near Forest Road | |
| April 2026 | Public order | On or near Lansbury Avenue | |
| April 2026 | Shoplifting | On or near Shopping Area | |
| April 2026 | Shoplifting | On or near Shopping Area | |
| April 2026 | Shoplifting | On or near Rufford Avenue | |
| April 2026 | Vehicle crime | On or near Sports/Recreation Area | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Maid Marion Way | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Stepnall Heights | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Bracken Avenue | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Hawthorn Close | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Pine Avenue | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Whinney Lane | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Dove Close | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Bentinck Close | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Bentinck Close | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near St Peters Close |
Methodology & Data Sources
Ollerton and Boughton Crime Report
Data Sources & Processing
Every month, CrimeRate processes crime reports from data.police.uk, the UK's official provider of open crime report data. Each crime report includes anonymised coordinates, most often "snapped" to the middle of the nearest street, or to the nearest major landmark. The reports also include the month and year the crime was reported, as well as the type of crime.
Data releases on data.police.uk happen once a month, with a two-month delay. This means that, for example, crimes reported in Ollerton and Boughton during June 2026 will typically become available in August 2026. The latest release is for Apr 2026 and was released in Jun 2026. To provide current and historical crime statistics, CrimeRate processed 61,669,232 crime reports for the latest release.
Ollerton and Boughton Data Points
For Ollerton and Boughton, CrimeRate uses the geographic boundaries provided by The Office for National Statistics in the December 2023 release of their Parishes and Non Civil Parished Areas dataset, using the PARNCP23CD column value E04007932.
Due to the 2021 Census being conducted during a UK-wide Coronavirus lockdown, the daytime population figures released so far cannot be relied on for purposes such as comparing crime rates. Instead, CrimeRate uses Ollerton and Boughton's daytime - or "workday" - population of 10,007 from the ONS 2011 Census for calculations throughout the site.
All geographic boundaries use the full resolution - extent of the realm versions where provided to avoid missing crime reports near coastlines and rivers - the banks of the Thames in particular - that would otherwise not be included when using the clipped to the coastline datasets.
Calculating Crime Rates
CrimeRate locates the UK region, county, and town/city/village locality for each crime report, and calculates the crime rate by taking the sum of all crime reports, dividing it by the locality's daytime / "workday" population, and multiplying the result by 1,000 to get the crime rate per 1,000.
Crime Risk Score Calculations
CrimeRate calculates crime counts for local, nearby, and wider areas for every postcode in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. The postcodes locations are deduplicated by a process that ensures distinct points are approximately 50 metres apart. This process removes the bias that would otherwise come from counting the same crimes several times in heavily populated areas.
Using a custom algorithm developed in-house, CrimeRate applies a crime severity weighting to each area's crime counts, based on the type of crime reported. This increases or decreases the crime count, or zeroes it out entirely, depending on the crime type. A separate crime severity rate is then calculated, standardised, and scaled to fit the crime risk score range of 1 to 1,000, with 1 being the lowest score, and 1,000 the highest.
Crime risk scores undergo further analysis per town, city, and village plus other areas including police forces and neighbourhoods. CrimeRate uses percentiles to work out the most common range of crime risk scores in each locality. This includes identifying the high and low bounds where approximately 68% of scores fall, and finding the median (50th percentile) for easy reference.
The crime types with a weight of zero are: Anti-Social Behaviour; Bicycle Theft; Other Crime; Other Theft; and Shoplifting. The highest weights to are assigned to Violence & Sexual Offences, and the lowest to Vehicle Crime.
Frequently Asked Questions
Crime in Ollerton and Boughton