Total Crime Rate

1421.8 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 1421.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 428.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 428.6 10/10
  • Public order 136.1 10/10
  • Shoplifting 115.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 91.8 10/10
  • Other theft 71.4 10/10
  • Drugs 34.0 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 30.6 10/10
  • Other crime 17.0 10/10
  • Robbery 17.0 10/10
  • Burglary 13.6 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 13.6 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.6 9/10
  • Theft from the person 10.2 9/10
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

Tentercroft Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 72 local areas in Boultham , and the 3rd highest crime rate of 316 local areas in Lincoln .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Tentercroft Street (LN5 7DB) in the last 12 months was 1421.8 per 1,000 residents and was 701.9% higher than the Boultham average (177.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 126 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 3 cases , down -40.0% compared to 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Possession of weapons ( -63.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 175 (≈ 595.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -19.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Tentercroft Street (LN5 7DB), 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 Tentercroft Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Chaplin Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Portland Street
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Chaplin Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chaplin Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chaplin Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chaplin Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Chaplin Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Chaplin Street
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Chaplin Street
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Water Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Water Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Water Lane Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wigford Way
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wigford Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation

Data Sources

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