Total Crime Rate
220.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
95.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Steep Hill area has the 20th highest crime rate of 72 local areas in Boultham , and the 53rd highest crime rate of 315 local areas in Lincoln .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Steep Hill (LN2 1LS) in the last 12 months was 220.2 per 1,000 residents and was 32.8% higher than the Boultham average (165.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 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 Violent crimes ( -15.8% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 95.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -13.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Steep Hill (LN2 1LS), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 334 crimes here, including 217 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Lincoln| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clasketgate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clasketgate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clasketgate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Thorngate | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Swithins Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thorngate | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Thorngate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Thorngate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Thorngate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Thorngate | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Thorngate | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thorngate | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Grantham Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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