Crime Rate in Chapel St Leonards, ward

Chapel St Leonards has the 9th highest crime rate of 37 wards in East Lindsey district and the 1381st highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East Midlands), it has the 125th highest crime rate of 752 wards.

The overall crime rate in Chapel St Leonards in the last 12 months was 111.2 per 1,000 residents and was 21.7% higher than the East Lindsey district average (91.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Chapel St Leonards’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 229 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -17.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 253 (≈ 53.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -18.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Chapel St Leonards ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Grasmere Avenue. Police recorded 64 crimes here, including 33 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.