Total Crime Rate
351.2 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
157.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cannon Street area has the 11th highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Abbey , and the 29th 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 Cannon Street (LN2 5EF) in the last 12 months was 351.2 per 1,000 residents and was 23.4% 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 34 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 Criminal damage and arson ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -15.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 38 (β 157.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 35.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -21.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cannon Street (LN2 5EF), 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Baggholme Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Lytton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Claremont Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Conningsby Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Conningsby Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Hugh Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Hugh Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Hugh Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Conningsby Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Baggholme Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Baggholme Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lytton Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Baggholme Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Baggholme Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbey Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Avondale Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Montague Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Avondale Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Avondale Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Vine Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Claremont Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lytton Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Claremont Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thomas Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Eastbourne Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bentinck Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bentinck Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | John Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | John Street | β |
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