Total Crime Rate
391.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Phelps Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Sidney Sussex , and the 36th highest crime rate of 525 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 Phelps Street (DN35 7AS) in the last 12 months was 391.0 per 1,000 residents and was 103.3% higher than the Sidney Sussex average (192.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 38 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -80.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 42 (≈ 157.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -26.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 128.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Phelps Street (DN35 7AS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Phelps Street, where police recorded 107 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lovett Street (46 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Sidney Sussex| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Harrington Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Phelps Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sussex Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sussex Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Thorold Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Phelps Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Phelps Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Phelps Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Phelps Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Phelps Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Phelps Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Phelps Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Sidney Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Phelps Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Tiverton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Tiverton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tiverton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tiverton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Phelps Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Phelps Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Phelps Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Phelps Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Phelps Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Sussex Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sidney Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Phelps Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lovett Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cleethorpe Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cleethorpe Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cleethorpe Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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