Total Crime Rate

672.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 672.5 10/10
  • Shoplifting 500.0 10/10
  • Public order 52.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 43.9 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 20.5 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.5 9/10
  • Other theft 17.5 9/10
  • Robbery 14.6 10/10
  • Burglary 2.9 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.9 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Woodhall Drive area has the highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Castle , and the 14th 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 Woodhall Drive (LN2 2AJ) in the last 12 months was 672.5 per 1,000 residents and was 359.5% higher than the Castle average (146.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 171 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 38 (≈ 111.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 40.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 214.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Woodhall Drive (LN2 2AJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Imp Close, where police recorded 63 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Laughton Way North (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Woodhall Drive area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Torrington Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Graham Taylor Way
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ermine Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blankney Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sedgebrook Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ruckland Avenue
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ruckland Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ruckland Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ruckland Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Graham Taylor Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Fiskerton Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Graham Taylor Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Graham Taylor Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Riseholme Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Graham Taylor Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Graham Taylor Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Scopwick Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tetney Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Ermine Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sedgebrook Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Imp Close
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pine Close
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Imp Close
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Torrington Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Torrington Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodburn Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Keddington Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Imp Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Imp Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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