Total Crime Rate
162.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
62.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Yarborough Crescent area has the 28th highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Abbey , and the 78th 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 Yarborough Crescent (LN1 3LU) in the last 12 months was 162.4 per 1,000 residents and was 43.0% 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 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -16.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 62.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Yarborough Crescent (LN1 3LU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 98 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Carlton Street (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Lincoln| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Gray Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wake Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wake Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Carlton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carlton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carlton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carlton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Mons Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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