Total Crime Rate
68.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
38.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Goldsmith Walk area has the 37th lowest crime rate of 106 local areas in Abbey , and the 128th lowest crime rate of 315 local areas in Lincoln .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Goldsmith Walk (LN2 4JS) in the last 12 months was 68.9 per 1,000 residents and was 75.8% lower than the Abbey average (284.7 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 Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 38.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Goldsmith Walk (LN2 4JS), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 67 crimes here, including 28 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Lincoln| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Keats Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Lupin Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Keats Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coleridge Gardens | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Outer Circle Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Robert Tressell Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Robert Tressell Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Robert Tressell Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Robert Tressell Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kipling Close | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kipling Close | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kipling Close | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kipling Close | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Keats Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Sheridan Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kipling Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lupin Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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