Total Crime Rate
66.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Goldsmith 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.
View Crime In Abbey| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Robert Tressell Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Robert Tressell Walk | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Cowper Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Woodrush Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Coleridge Gardens | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Coleridge Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sheridan Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sheridan Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Sheridan Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Sheridan Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Keats Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Keats Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Robert Tressell Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Kipling Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Swift Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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