Total Crime Rate

100.9 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

32.9 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 100.9 8/10
  • Violent crimes 32.9 6/10
  • Shoplifting 30.7 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 28.5 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.0 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.0 7/10
  • Burglary 4.4 5/10
  • Drugs 4.4 5/10
  • Other crime 2.2 1/10
  • Other theft 2.2 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.2 1/10
  • Public order 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Blankney Crescent area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 21 local areas in Castle , and the 141st highest crime rate of 315 local areas in Lincoln .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Blankney Crescent (LN2 2EW) in the last 12 months was 100.9 per 1,000 residents and was 26.1% lower than the Castle average (136.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 40.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -44.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 32.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Blankney Crescent (LN2 2EW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 39 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ermine Close (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Blankney Crescent area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (26/26)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Keddington Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lissington Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ermine Close —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Ermine Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Carlton Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Sedgebrook Close —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Blankney Crescent —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Torrington Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nocton Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Sedgebrook Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Sedgebrook Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sedgebrook Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Laughton Way North Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Keddington Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Laughton Way North Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hackthorn Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Aylesby Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Aylesby Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Graham Taylor Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Graham Taylor Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ingleby Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hackthorn Place Under investigation
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Data Sources

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