Total Crime Rate
58.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
12.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Kensington Gardens area has the 25th lowest crime rate of 53 local areas in Mablethorpe , and the 216th highest 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 Kensington Gardens (LN12 1BU) in the last 12 months was 58.5 per 1,000 residents and was 48.5% lower than the Mablethorpe average (113.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 12.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kensington Gardens (LN12 1BU), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 66 crimes here, including 22 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Mablethorpe| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tennyson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tennyson Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tennyson Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tennyson Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bus/Coach Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Strand Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kensington Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Tennyson Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tennyson Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tennyson Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Station Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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