Total Crime Rate

185.1 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 185.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 72.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 36.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 33.4 10/10
  • Other crime 12.9 10/10
  • Burglary 10.3 9/10
  • Other theft 7.7 7/10
  • Robbery 5.1 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.6 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.6 2/10
  • Public order 2.6 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Outer Circle Green area has the 28th highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Abbey , and the 71st highest crime rate of 316 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 Outer Circle Green (LN2 4JG) in the last 12 months was 185.1 per 1,000 residents and was 32.4% 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 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -85.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 82.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 0.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Outer Circle Green (LN2 4JG), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 155 crimes here, including 31 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Outer Circle Green area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Robert Tressell Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Robbery Cowper Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Robert Tressell Walk Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Outer Circle Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Outer Circle Green Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Outer Circle Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Scott Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Frank Wright Court
Sep 2025Burglary Frank Wright Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Frank Wright Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Frank Wright Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Scott Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Robert Tressell Walk Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Deacon Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burns Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Chaucer Drive Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Chaucer Drive

Data Sources

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