Total Crime Rate
179.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
67.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Queensway area has the 8th highest crime rate of 32 local areas in North Holme , and the 60th highest crime rate of 489 local areas in East Lindsey .
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 Queensway (LN11 8AY) in the last 12 months was 179.3 per 1,000 residents and was 25.1% higher than the North Holme average (143.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 67.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Queensway (LN11 8AY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Millgood Close, where police recorded 42 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Abbey Road (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Freer Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wood Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Virginia Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Abbotts Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Abbotts Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wood Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wood Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Wood Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wood Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wood Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Virginia Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Bernards Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Queensway | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Queensway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wood Way | — |
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