Total Crime Rate
35.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
16.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Newport area has the 21st lowest crime rate of 106 local areas in Abbey , and the 69th lowest crime rate of 315 local areas in Lincoln .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Newport (LN1 3DP) in the last 12 months was 35.5 per 1,000 residents and was 87.5% lower than the Abbey average (284.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -57.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 16.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Newport (LN1 3DP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Wake Street, where police recorded 34 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ernest Terrace (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Lincoln| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wake Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Williamson Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wake Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wake Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lillys Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ernest Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Saxon Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wake Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Nicholas Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Newport Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Francis Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Good Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vere Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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