Total Crime Rate
86.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
25.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ropery Road area has the 22nd lowest crime rate of 58 local areas in Gainsborough East , and the 83rd 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 Ropery Road (DN21 2NT) in the last 12 months was 86.3 per 1,000 residents and was 29.9% 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 8 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 Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 25.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ropery Road (DN21 2NT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Mercer Road, where police recorded 36 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Woods Terrace (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mercer Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowling Green Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woods Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woods Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Noel Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bayard Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Henley Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Riverside Approach | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Haldane Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Japan Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Haldane Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Haldane Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Haldane Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilson Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Nelson Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Noel Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woods Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Alfred Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Japan Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Curzon Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mercer Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mercer Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Asquith Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Asquith Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Salisbury Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Japan Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grey Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Curzon Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Curzon Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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