Total Crime Rate

82.5 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 82.5 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 27.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 13.8 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.3 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.9 5/10
  • Other crime 6.9 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.9 9/10
  • Other theft 3.4 3/10
  • Public order 3.4 3/10
  • Shoplifting 3.4 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Meadowsweet Close area has the 48th lowest crime rate of 106 local areas in Abbey , and the 150th lowest crime rate of 316 local areas in Lincoln .

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 Meadowsweet Close (LN1 1BB) in the last 12 months was 82.5 per 1,000 residents and was 69.9% lower than the Abbey average (273.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 700.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -55.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 24.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Meadowsweet Close (LN1 1BB), the main crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 101 crimes here, including 17 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Meadowsweet Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Meadowsweet Close —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Norfolk Street —
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Angelica Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Iris Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Roman Wharf Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Roman Wharf Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Roman Wharf —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Roman Wharf —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Iris Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Milfoil Avenue —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Iris Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Fleet Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Fleet Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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