Total Crime Rate

240.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 240.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 124.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 40.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 32.9 10/10
  • Burglary 10.1 8/10
  • Other crime 10.1 9/10
  • Other theft 10.1 8/10
  • Public order 10.1 7/10
  • Drugs 2.5 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Mitchell Drive area has the 17th highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Abbey , and the 44th highest crime rate of 316 local areas in Lincoln .

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 Mitchell Drive (LN1 1WD) in the last 12 months was 240.5 per 1,000 residents and was 12.2% lower than the Abbey average (273.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 49 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 53 (≈ 134.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 29.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 85.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Mitchell Drive (LN1 1WD), the main crime hotspot is near Benbow Way. Police recorded 71 crimes here, including 62 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Mitchell Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (20/20)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tapin Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tapin Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Benbow Way Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Public order Benbow Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tapin Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tapin Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tapin Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tapin Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tapin Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tapin Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tapin Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Benbow Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tapin Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Benbow Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Benbow Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Benbow Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Long Leys Road —
Sep 2025Burglary Long Leys Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Long Leys Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Benbow Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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