Total Crime Rate
100.7 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
45.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Gladstone Street area has the 27th lowest crime rate of 58 local areas in Gainsborough East , and the 60th highest crime rate of 307 local areas in West Lindsey .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Gladstone Street (DN21 2LY) in the last 12 months was 100.7 per 1,000 residents and was 18.3% lower than the Gainsborough East average (123.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (β 45.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 27.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Gladstone Street (DN21 2LY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Market Place, where police recorded 168 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (69 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Church Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Church Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Church Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Church Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Church Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Church Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Church Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | A159 | β |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Market Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Morley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Market Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Market Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Market Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Fawcett Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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