Crime Rate in St Thomas', ward

St Thomas' has the 4th highest crime rate of 15 wards in Boston district and the 657th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East Midlands), it has the 58th highest crime rate of 752 wards.

The overall crime rate in St Thomas' in the last 12 months was 148.2 per 1,000 residents and was 31.2% higher than the Boston district average (112.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, St Thomas'’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 154 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -68.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 184 (≈ 52.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 21.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 61.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the St Thomas' ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Shopping Area, with 156 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Heron Way (43 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.