Total Crime Rate

204.3 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 204.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 75.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 43.0 8/10
  • Burglary 21.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 21.5 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 21.5 10/10
  • Other crime 10.8 10/10
  • Public order 10.8 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Outer Circle Road area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Abbey , and the 59th highest crime rate of 316 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 Outer Circle Road (LN2 4HU) in the last 12 months was 204.3 per 1,000 residents and was 25.4% 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 7 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 Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 53.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -8.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Outer Circle Road (LN2 4HU), the main crime hotspot is near Proctors Road. Police recorded 23 crimes here, including 5 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Outer Circle Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Tower Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tower Gardens —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wrightsway Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tower Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tower Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Cardinal Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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