Total Crime Rate
504.4 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
193.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Brook Street area has the 7th highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Abbey , and the 20th highest crime rate of 315 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 Brook Street (LN2 5AS) in the last 12 months was 504.4 per 1,000 residents and was 77.2% higher than the Abbey average (284.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 95 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 166.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 88 (β 193.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 1.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Brook Street (LN2 5AS), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 149 crimes here, including 61 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Melville Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Broadgate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Friars Lane | β |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St Swithins Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St Swithins Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Friars Lane | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Broadgate | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Broadgate | β |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Broadgate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Broadgate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Broadgate | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cathedral Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St Swithins Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Swithins Square | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Swithins Square | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Swithins Square | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Swithins Square | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Swithins Square | β |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Thorngate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Swithins Square | β |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Broadgate | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Broadgate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Broadgate | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Croft Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Conningsby Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Hugh Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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