Total Crime Rate

66.1 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

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 66.1 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 27.6 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 22.0 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.5 4/10
  • Other theft 5.5 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.8 3/10
  • Public order 2.8 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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
  • 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

Goldsmith Walk area has the 35th lowest crime rate of 106 local areas in Abbey , and the 123rd lowest crime rate of 316 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 66.1 per 1,000 residents and was 75.9% 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -9.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 30.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Goldsmith Walk (LN2 4JS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 69 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Kipling Close (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Goldsmith Walk area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Robert Tressell Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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 2025Violence and sexual offences Robert Tressell Walk Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Robbery Cowper Drive Under investigation
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 Sheridan Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sheridan Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Sheridan Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Sheridan Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Keats Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Keats Close
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Robert Tressell Walk Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Kipling Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Swift Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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