Crime Rate in West Marsh, ward

West Marsh has the highest crime rate of 15 wards in North East Lincolnshire district and the 48th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (Yorkshire and The Humber), it has the 3rd highest crime rate of 410 wards.

The overall crime rate in West Marsh in the last 12 months was 394.8 per 1,000 residents and was 186.9% higher than the North East Lincolnshire district average (137.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, West Marsh’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 1,061 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 15 cases , up 15.4% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -14.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1,456 (≈ 180.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the West Marsh ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Victoria Street West, with 313 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Old Market Place (153 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.