Crime Rate in Freshney, ward

Freshney has the 8th lowest crime rate of 15 wards in North East Lincolnshire district and the 1347th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (Yorkshire and The Humber), it has the 126th highest crime rate of 410 wards.

The overall crime rate in Freshney in the last 12 months was 112.4 per 1,000 residents and was 18.3% lower than the North East Lincolnshire district average (137.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Freshney’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 439 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 4 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 187.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -16.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 532 (≈ 57.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -2.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Freshney ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Service Road 23. Police recorded 85 crimes here, including 46 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.