Crime Rate in Castle, ward

Castle has the 6th lowest crime rate of 11 wards in Lincoln district and the 680th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East Midlands), it has the 60th highest crime rate of 752 wards.

The overall crime rate in Castle in the last 12 months was 146.4 per 1,000 residents and was 8.2% lower than the Lincoln district average (159.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Castle’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 436 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 519 (≈ 63.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 1.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -2.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Castle ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 216 crimes here, including 37 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.