Total Crime Rate
78.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
29.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Kent Street area has the 42nd lowest crime rate of 106 local areas in Abbey , and the 138th lowest crime rate of 315 local areas in Lincoln .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Kent Street (LN2 5NR) in the last 12 months was 78.5 per 1,000 residents and was 72.4% lower than the Abbey average (284.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 29.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kent Street (LN2 5NR), the main crime hotspot is near Frederick Street. Police recorded 216 crimes here, including 159 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Frederick Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Frederick Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Frederick Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Frederick Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Frederick Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Frederick Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Roman Pavement | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Frederick Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Frederick Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Frederick Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Frederick Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Frederick Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Frederick Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Frederick Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Frederick Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Frederick Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Frederick Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Frederick Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Frederick Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Frederick Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Frederick Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Frederick Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Frederick Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Frederick Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Frederick Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Devon Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Devon Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Devon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Walmer Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hillside Avenue | Under investigation |
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