Crime in Mansfield district: statistics, rates and trends

Violence and sexual offences (4,792), anti-social behaviour (2,253) and shoplifting (1,389) made up 63% of all recorded crime. Its crime rate ranks 53rd of the 302 districts covered by this site (1 = highest), in the highest quarter.

Recorded crime in Mansfield district peaked in the year to August 2019 (16,170 crimes) and was lowest in the year to August 2025 (12,911). Between the years to August 2018 and 2026 it fell 10%, while across England and Wales it fell 4%.

Month by month

Compared with England and Wales, Mansfield district recorded notably more other crime (89% above the national rate), possession of weapons (62% above the national rate) and shoplifting (45% above the national rate), and notably less theft from the person (63% below) and bicycle theft (41% below). On the year before, robbery rose from 126 to 162, while bicycle theft fell from 65 to 55.

What each category covers: crime categories.

10,456 crimes, excluding fraud, were recorded by the police in Mansfield district in the year ending March 2026, according to the Home Office's police recorded crime statistics. That is 92.4 per 1,000 residents, close to the England and Wales rate of 83.2. The total was almost unchanged on the year ending March 2025 (10,518), against a fall of 2% across England and Wales. Among the 272 districts of England and Wales with a figure for that year, Mansfield district had the 72nd highest rate (the street-level ranking above is among the 302 districts with street-level pages on this site, over the 12 months to August 2026).

Of the crimes recorded in the Nottinghamshire Police area in the year ending March 2026, 1.3% were not assigned to a district. Those crimes are counted in the force and England and Wales totals but in no district, so the figure for Mansfield district is a slight undercount.

Offences recorded in Mansfield district, the year ending March 2026

The largest category was violence without injury, with 1,713 offences (16% of the total). Relative to England and Wales, rates were highest for possession of weapons (1.6 times the national rate), arson (1.6 times the national rate) and shoplifting (1.5 times the national rate). Rates were lowest relative to the national rate for theft from the person (0.36 times), bicycle theft (0.57 times) and trafficking of drugs (0.67 times).

The largest rises on the year were in other sexual offences (+21%) and possession of drugs (+18%). The largest falls were in other theft offences (−21%) and trafficking of drugs (−20%). Robbery of business property and shoplifting are not compared with the year ending March 2025: from April 2025 the Home Office Counting Rules were clarified so that a theft from a shop in which violence is used or threatened against staff or anyone else is recorded as robbery of business property rather than shoplifting (ONS).

Recorded crime in Mansfield district since the year ending March 2013

The chart shows police recorded crime per 1,000 residents in each year ending March from 2013 to 2026. Mansfield district's rate was above the England and Wales rate in 13 of those 14 years and below it in 1. Changes in how forces record crime move these figures as well as changes in crime (methodology).

Districts in the Nottinghamshire Police area, the year ending March 2026

Of the 5 districts in the Nottinghamshire Police area with a figure for the year ending March 2026, Mansfield district had the 2nd highest rate. Broxtowe, Gedling and Rushcliffe are not in the table because the Home Office publishes each of them jointly with a neighbouring district, as one community safety partnership.

Source: Home Office police recorded crime and outcomes open data tables (released 23 July 2026), gov.uk, Open Government Licence v3.0. Financial years, excluding fraud; how they differ from the street-level figures: methodology.

2 of the 8 nearest districts have a higher crime rate than Mansfield district; the highest is Nottingham district (157.2 per 1,000) and the lowest Gedling (69.1).

Of the 41 areas within Mansfield district, Central had the highest crime rate (568.0 per 1,000) and Kings Walk the lowest (31.4), 18 times apart.

The 10 locations below account for 25% of the crime recorded in Mansfield district over the 12 months to August 2026; the most were recorded at “Parking Area” (750).

Of the 11,031 crimes in Mansfield district with a recorded outcome, 28% ended with the investigation complete and no suspect identified, against 35% across England and Wales; 7.2% were awaiting a court outcome (England and Wales: 5.2%). The 2,253 anti-social behaviour reports have no outcome and are left out.

Mansfield district has an estimated population of 113,138 (ONS, mid-2024). Compared with England and Wales it has fewer students (4.6%, against 7.9%), fewer residents with Level 4 qualifications or above (22%, against 34%) and more residents with no qualifications (24%, against 18%). On the England IoD 2025, the small areas (LSOAs) that make up Mansfield district average decile 4.6 (1 = most deprived), close to the middle.

Police-recorded crime from data.police.uk (September 2017 to August 2026), ONS population estimates and Census 2021. Definitions and limitations: methodology.