Total Crime Rate
16.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
9.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wood Lane area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 32 local areas in North Holme , and the 37th lowest crime rate of 489 local areas in East Lindsey .
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 Wood Lane (LN11 8SA) in the last 12 months was 16.0 per 1,000 residents and was 88.8% lower than the North Holme average (143.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 9.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -78.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wood Lane (LN11 8SA), the main crime hotspot is near Wood Lane. Police recorded 23 crimes here, including 7 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wood Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wood Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Minster Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Spire View Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Beckside Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Florence Wright Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lindsey Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lindsey Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Taylors Garden | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wood Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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