Total Crime Rate
482.5 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025St Rumbolds Street area has the 7th highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Abbey , and the 18th 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 St Rumbolds Street (LN2 5AP) in the last 12 months was 482.5 per 1,000 residents and was 76.2% higher than the Abbey average (273.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 82 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 54.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 87 (β 190.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -7.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around St Rumbolds Street (LN2 5AP), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 198 crimes here, including 66 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Abbey| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Friars Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Brook Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Baggholme Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Baggholme Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brook Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brook Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Brook Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Brook Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Brook Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Baggholme Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Brook Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Brook Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbey Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Croft Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Croft Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bus/Coach Station | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bus/Coach Station | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Baggholme Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Baggholme Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bus/Coach Station | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Baggholme Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Thorngate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Thorngate | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Baggholme Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Baggholme Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Baggholme Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Baggholme Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Baggholme Road | β |
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