Total Crime Rate
1067.9 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Well Lane area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Abbey , and the 6th highest crime rate of 316 local areas in Lincoln .
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 Well Lane (LN2 1NA) in the last 12 months was 1067.9 per 1,000 residents and was 290.0% higher than the Abbey average (273.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 137 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 3 cases , down -25.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 81.8% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -47.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 189 (β 427.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Well Lane (LN2 1NA), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 357 crimes here, including 239 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Abbey| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Danesgate | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Exchequergate | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Exchequergate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Exchequergate | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Exchequergate | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Exchequergate | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Neustadt Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hungate | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Exchequergate | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Castle Hill | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Castle Hill | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Unity Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Unity Square | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | The Strait | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Broadgate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Broadgate | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Broadgate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Exchequergate | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Friars Lane | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Broadgate | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Garmston Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
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