Total Crime Rate
97.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Ruskin Avenue area has the 50th highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Abbey , and the 142nd 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 Ruskin Avenue (LN2 4BU) in the last 12 months was 97.9 per 1,000 residents and was 64.2% lower than the Abbey average (273.8 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 Robbery with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 50.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -29.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ruskin Avenue (LN2 4BU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cottingham Drive, where police recorded 40 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wragby Road (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Abbey| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ruskin Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Ruskin Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cottingham Drive | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marlowe Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dryden Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Wragby Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ruskin Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shelley Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Shelley Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ruskin Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Ruskin Green | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Ruskin Green | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Ruskin Green | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Carlyle Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Carlyle Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Carlyle Walk | Under investigation |
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