Total Crime Rate
480.0 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Portland Street area has the 9th highest crime rate of 72 local areas in Boultham , and the 19th highest crime rate of 316 local areas in Lincoln .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Portland Street (LN5 7LB) in the last 12 months was 480.0 per 1,000 residents and was 170.7% higher than the Boultham average (177.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 76 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 86 (β 286.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 19.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 29.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Portland Street (LN5 7LB), the main crime hotspot is near St Mary'S Street. Police recorded 283 crimes here, including 108 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Boultham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | St Mary'S Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bus/Coach Station | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nelthorpe Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Mary'S Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Mary'S Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | St Mary'S Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | St Mary'S Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | St Mary'S Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bus/Coach Station | β |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | St Mary'S Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Abbot Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | St Mary'S Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | St Mary'S Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Mary'S Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Mary'S Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Mary'S Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Mary'S Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Mary'S Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Mary'S Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bus/Coach Station | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | St Andrew'S Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Scorer Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Scorer Street | Under investigation |
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