Total Crime Rate

266.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 266.7 10/10
  • Shoplifting 119.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 52.6 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 35.1 9/10
  • Public order 28.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.0 5/10
  • Other theft 7.0 6/10
  • Burglary 3.5 4/10
  • Drugs 3.5 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.5 5/10
  • Robbery 3.5 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.5 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Woodfield Road area has the 14th highest crime rate of 59 local areas in Gainsborough East , and the 19th highest crime rate of 306 local areas in West Lindsey .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Woodfield Road (DN21 1RB) in the last 12 months was 266.7 per 1,000 residents and was 87.5% higher than the Gainsborough East average (142.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -80.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 87.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 31.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -10.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Woodfield Road (DN21 1RB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Queensway, where police recorded 35 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cherry Tree Road (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Woodfield Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (18/18)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cherry Tree Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Queensway —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Springfield Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Woodfield Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Springfield Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Highfield Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Queensway Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Newlands Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cherry Tree Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Rosefields Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rosefields —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cherry Tree Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cherry Tree Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
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Data Sources

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