Total Crime Rate

140.0 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 140.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 60.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 26.7 8/10
  • Public order 23.3 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.7 9/10
  • Drugs 3.3 3/10
  • Other crime 3.3 4/10
  • Other theft 3.3 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.3 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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
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

Claythorne Drive area has the 29th highest crime rate of 59 local areas in Gainsborough East , and the 47th highest crime rate of 306 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 Claythorne Drive (DN21 1TZ) in the last 12 months was 140.0 per 1,000 residents and was 1.5% lower than the Gainsborough East average (142.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -22.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 83.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Claythorne Drive (DN21 1TZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near John Jenkinson Close, where police recorded 39 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 Claythorne Drive area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Springfield Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Springfield Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Newlands Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Queensway —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Queensway Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cherry Tree Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cherry Tree Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cherry Tree Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cherry Tree Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour John Jenkinson Close —
Sep 2025Drugs Claythorne Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson John Jenkinson Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson John Jenkinson Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Middlefield Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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