Total Crime Rate

221.6 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 221.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 61.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 52.5 8/10
  • Shoplifting 49.6 8/10
  • Public order 20.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.7 8/10
  • Other theft 11.7 8/10
  • Other crime 8.8 9/10
  • Burglary 5.8 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Browning Drive area has the 18th highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Abbey , and the 49th highest crime rate of 316 local areas in Lincoln .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Browning Drive (LN2 4HB) in the last 12 months was 221.6 per 1,000 residents and was 19.1% lower than the Abbey average (273.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 72.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Browning Drive (LN2 4HB), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 115 crimes here, including 30 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Browning Drive area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Keats Close
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sheridan Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Robert Tressell Walk Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Searby Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Other theft Hammond Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Keats Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hammond Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sheridan Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Sheridan Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Robert Tressell Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Robert Tressell Walk Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Sheridan Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lincoln Road
Sep 2025Shoplifting Woodrush Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Coleridge Gardens
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coleridge Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Other crime Kipling Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Awaiting court outcome

Data Sources

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