Total Crime Rate
328.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
95.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026St Mark 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 St Mark Street (LN5 7AZ) 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 (≈ 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 St Mark Street (LN5 7AZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 297 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St Mary'S Street (101 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Lincoln| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Mary'S Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Water Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Water Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Mint Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Water Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Mint Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mint Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Gaunt Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gaunt Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Portland Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Mary'S Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Mark'S Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St Mark'S Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Water Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Water Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Mark'S Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | B199 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Chaplin Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chaplin Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chaplin Street | Under investigation |
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