Total Crime Rate
285.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
90.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Roughton Court area has the 13th highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Abbey , and the 38th highest crime rate of 315 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 Roughton Court (LN2 2JF) in the last 12 months was 285.4 per 1,000 residents and was 0.2% higher than the Abbey average (284.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 90.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Roughton Court (LN2 2JF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Harmston Close, where police recorded 34 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Red Hawk Close (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Lincoln| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harmston Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Dunholme Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Burwell Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Burwell Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Burwell Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Burwell Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Haydor Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Harmston Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harmston Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gayton Close | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Redbourne Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dunholme Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dunholme Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dunholme Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dunholme Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Roughton Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Red Hawk Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Langton Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Roughton Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Roughton Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Langton Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Roughton Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Burneside Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Red Hawk Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Red Hawk Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Red Hawk Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Red Hawk Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thurlby Crescent | — |
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