Total Crime Rate

303.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 303.6 10/10
  • Shoplifting 95.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 55.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 46.5 9/10
  • Public order 25.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 19.5 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 14.5 10/10
  • Other theft 14.5 9/10
  • Burglary 7.5 7/10
  • Robbery 6.9 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.3 6/10
  • Drugs 4.4 5/10
  • Other crime 3.1 3/10
  • Theft from the person 2.5 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 1.3 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

High Street area has the 15th highest crime rate of 72 local areas in Boultham , and the 38th highest crime rate of 316 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 High Street (LN5 7AF) in the last 12 months was 303.6 per 1,000 residents and was 71.2% higher than the Boultham average (177.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 152 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 75.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -42.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 142 (≈ 89.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around High Street (LN5 7AF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 320 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St Mary'S Street (108 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in High Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chaplin Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting St Mark Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Wigford Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Riverside Drive
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Mark Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting St Mark Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting St Mark Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting St Mark Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Wigford Way Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting St Mark Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Public order St Mark Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order St Mark Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order St Mark Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order St Mark Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Wigford Way Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wigford Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Mark Street
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mint Lane
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Mint Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour King Street
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wigford Way
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Anchor Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Anchor Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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