Total Crime Rate
303.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025High 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.
View Crime In Boultham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chaplin Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | St Mark Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Wigford Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Riverside Drive | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Mark Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | St Mark Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | St Mark Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | St Mark Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Wigford Way | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | St Mark Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | St Mark Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | St Mark Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | St Mark Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | St Mark Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Wigford Way | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Wigford Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Mark Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mint Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Mint Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | King Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wigford Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Anchor Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Anchor Close | Under investigation |
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