Total Crime Rate

109.7 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 109.7 8/10
  • Shoplifting 30.7 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 30.7 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.5 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.8 6/10
  • Burglary 4.4 5/10
  • Drugs 4.4 5/10
  • Public order 4.4 4/10
  • Other crime 2.2 1/10
  • Other theft 2.2 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.2 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.2 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Laughton Way area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 21 local areas in Castle , and the 130th highest crime rate of 316 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 Laughton Way (LN2 2ER) in the last 12 months was 109.7 per 1,000 residents and was 25.1% lower than the Castle average (146.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 37.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -48.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 98.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Laughton Way (LN2 2ER), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Woodhall Drive, where police recorded 201 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 Laughton Way area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Woodhall Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Woodhall Drive Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Woodhall Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Woodhall Drive Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Woodhall Drive Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Robbery Woodhall Drive Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sturton Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Woodhall Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Woodhall Drive Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Woodhall Drive Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Woodhall Drive Under investigation
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 2025Violence and sexual offences Graham Taylor Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Graham Taylor Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Graham Taylor Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Graham Taylor Way
Sep 2025Shoplifting Woodhall Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Woodhall Drive Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Torrington Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Woodhall Drive Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Fiskerton Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stapleford Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Broxholme Gardens
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Imp Close
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Imp Close
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Imp Close
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Imp Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Imp Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Torrington Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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