Crime Rate in Witham, ward

Witham has the lowest crime rate of 11 wards in Lincoln district and the 2708th lowest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East Midlands), it has the 275th lowest crime rate of 752 wards.

The overall crime rate in Witham in the last 12 months was 51.3 per 1,000 residents and was 67.8% lower than the Lincoln district average (159.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Witham’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 164 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 71.4% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -47.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 187 (≈ 22.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Witham ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Petrol Station, with 47 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Poplar Street (17 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.