Total Crime Rate

956.9 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 956.9 10/10
  • Shoplifting 612.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 107.8 10/10
  • Public order 94.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 30.2 6/10
  • Other theft 25.9 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 17.2 10/10
  • Burglary 17.2 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 17.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.9 8/10
  • Other crime 8.6 9/10
  • Robbery 8.6 9/10
  • Theft from the person 4.3 6/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Pitcairn Avenue area has the 5th highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Abbey , and the 9th 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 Pitcairn Avenue (LN2 4WT) in the last 12 months was 956.9 per 1,000 residents and was 249.5% higher than the Abbey average (273.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 142 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -41.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 133.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 8.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Pitcairn Avenue (LN2 4WT), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 370 crimes here, including 62 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Pitcairn Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Reed Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ross Close
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ross Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Poplars Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Local resolution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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