Total Crime Rate

308.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

128.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 308.0 10/10
  • Violent crimes 128.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 117.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 114.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 34.6 10/10
  • Other theft 17.3 9/10
  • Public order 10.4 7/10
  • Other crime 6.9 8/10
  • Drugs 3.5 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.5 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Avondale Street area has the 12th highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Abbey , and the 37th highest crime rate of 315 local areas in Lincoln .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Avondale Street (LN2 5BL) in the last 12 months was 308.0 per 1,000 residents and was 8.2% higher than the Abbey average (284.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 128.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 41.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Avondale Street (LN2 5BL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Baggholme Road, where police recorded 55 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near John Street (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Avondale Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Ashfield Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Florence Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Claremont Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Montague Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Claremont Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Claremont Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Vine Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Eastbourne Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bentinck Street
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bentinck Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Cromwell Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sewell Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Conningsby Street
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Conningsby Street
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Conningsby Street
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour B1308
Apr 2026Drugs Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Abbey Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Supermarket Formal action is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Baggholme Road
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Baggholme Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Baggholme Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Baggholme Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Belmont Street
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Stamp End
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Baggholme Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Welbeck Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Welbeck Street
Apr 2026Drugs Lytton Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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