Total Crime Rate

328.7 per 1,000 10/10 Β· Very High

All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

95.5 per 1,000 9/10 Β· Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 328.7 10/10
  • Shoplifting 105.6 9/10
  • Violent crimes 95.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 66.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 61.0 9/10
  • Public order 28.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.2 9/10
  • Other theft 16.3 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 13.8 10/10
  • Robbery 4.4 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.4 4/10
  • Drugs 3.8 4/10
  • Burglary 3.1 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 1.9 1/10
  • Other crime 1.3 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.6 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

High Street area has the 13th highest crime rate of 72 local areas in Boultham , and the 33rd highest crime rate of 315 local areas in Lincoln .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around High Street (LN5 7AP) in the last 12 months was 328.7 per 1,000 residents and was 98.3% higher than the Boultham average (165.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 168 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 152 (β‰ˆ 95.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -1.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around High Street (LN5 7AP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 375 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (227 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
Apr 2026Shoplifting St Swithins Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area β€”
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Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area β€”
Apr 2026Other theft Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour B1003 β€”
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area β€”
Apr 2026Drugs Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Water Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area β€”
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bus/Coach Station β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour B1003 β€”
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bus/Coach Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St Mary'S Street β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St Mary'S Street β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St Mary'S Street β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St Mary'S Street β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St Mary'S Street β€”

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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