Total Crime Rate

87.3 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

23.8 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 87.3 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 43.7 10/10
  • Violent crimes 23.8 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 19.8 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.9 7/10
  • Other theft 4.0 4/10
  • Public order 4.0 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Beech Avenue area has the 23rd lowest crime rate of 58 local areas in Gainsborough East , and the 79th 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 Beech Avenue (DN21 1EY) in the last 12 months was 87.3 per 1,000 residents and was 29.1% lower than the Gainsborough East average (123.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -28.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 23.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Beech Avenue (DN21 1EY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ash Grove, where police recorded 25 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hawthorn Avenue (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Beech Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (11/11)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ash Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Ash Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Hawthorn Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Juniper Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Acacia Avenue —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Spital Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ash Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hawthorn Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ash Grove —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ash Grove —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ash Grove —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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