Total Crime Rate
301.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
181.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026North Marsh Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Gainsborough East , and the 13th highest crime rate of 307 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 North Marsh Road (DN21 2RN) in the last 12 months was 301.8 per 1,000 residents and was 145.0% higher than the Gainsborough East average (123.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 44 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 50 (≈ 181.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around North Marsh Road (DN21 2RN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Mercer Road, where police recorded 36 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Police Station (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Morton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Noel Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rachel Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woods Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rachel Close | 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 | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Morton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mercer Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mercer Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Noel Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Morton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Alfred Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Elizabeth Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Henley Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Nelson Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Curzon Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Anastasia Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mercer Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Curzon Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Curzon Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Salisbury Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
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