Total Crime Rate
164.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
68.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Vere Street area has the 26th highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Abbey , and the 76th highest crime rate of 315 local areas in Lincoln .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Vere Street (LN1 3EF) in the last 12 months was 164.9 per 1,000 residents and was 42.1% lower than the Abbey average (284.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 68.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 35.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 57.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Vere Street (LN1 3EF), 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 | Williamson Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wake Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Francis Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Good Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Newport Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Gray Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wake Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wake Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wake Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Saxon 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 | St Nicholas Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vere Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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