Total Crime Rate

86.3 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

25.2 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 86.3 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 28.8 10/10
  • Violent crimes 25.2 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 18.0 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.6 5/10
  • Burglary 3.6 4/10
  • Other crime 3.6 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.6 6/10
  • Public order 3.6 3/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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

Ropery 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.

Crime Over Time in Ropery Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Mercer Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bowling Green Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Woods Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Woods Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Noel Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bayard Street
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Henley Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Riverside Approach Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Haldane Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Japan Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Haldane Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Haldane Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Haldane Street
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wilson Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Nelson Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Noel Street
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Woods Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Alfred Street
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Japan Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Curzon Street
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Mercer Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mercer Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Asquith Street
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Asquith Street
Apr 2026Other crime Salisbury Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Japan Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Grey Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Curzon Street
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Curzon Street Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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