Total Crime Rate
3632.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
1298.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lower Spring Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 26 local areas in West Marsh , and the 2nd highest crime rate of 515 local areas in North East Lincolnshire .
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 Lower Spring Street (DN31 3JS) in the last 12 months was 3632.0 per 1,000 residents and was 749.4% higher than the West Marsh average (427.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 185 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 36.4% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -16.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 300 (≈ 1298.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lower Spring Street (DN31 3JS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 80 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Prince Albert Gardens (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In West Marsh| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Prince Albert Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Parking Area | Under investigation |
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