Total Crime Rate
89.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
52.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lime Grove area has the 51st lowest crime rate of 101 local areas in Ashby Central , and the 170th highest crime rate of 535 local areas in North Lincolnshire .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Lime Grove (DN16 2HL) in the last 12 months was 89.6 per 1,000 residents and was 30.8% lower than the Ashby Central average (129.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 52.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lime Grove (DN16 2HL), the main crime hotspot is near Poplar Tree Avenue. Police recorded 56 crimes here, including 37 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Ashby Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Poplar Tree Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Lime Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Poplar Tree Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ash Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bennett Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beechway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Fowler Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Willow Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Shirley Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Shirley Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Poplar Tree Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lime Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Acacia Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Acacia Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Acacia Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Acacia Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Poplar Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Poplar Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cherry Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cherry Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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