Total Crime Rate
87.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
32.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cannon Street area has the 48th lowest crime rate of 106 local areas in Abbey , and the 154th lowest crime rate of 315 local areas in Lincoln .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Cannon Street (LN2 5ED) in the last 12 months was 87.0 per 1,000 residents and was 69.5% lower 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 32.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cannon Street (LN2 5ED), 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.
View Crime In Lincoln| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Claremont Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Belmont Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | John Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | John Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Florence Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Claremont Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Claremont Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ashfield Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Eastbourne Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Eastbourne Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Avondale Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stamp End | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Conningsby Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Hugh Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Conningsby Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Conningsby Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Baggholme Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thomas Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Baggholme Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Baggholme Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Baggholme Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Avondale Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Hugh Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Avondale Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Hugh Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lytton Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cromwell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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