Total Crime Rate
253.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
149.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Summergangs Lane area has the 14th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Gainsborough East , and the 21st highest crime rate of 307 local areas in West Lindsey .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Summergangs Lane (DN21 1AH) in the last 12 months was 253.9 per 1,000 residents and was 106.1% higher than the Gainsborough East average (123.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 62 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 67 (≈ 149.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 17.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 36.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Summergangs Lane (DN21 1AH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cromwell Street, where police recorded 20 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wintern Court (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cromwell Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Wintern Court | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bacon Street | Under investigation |
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