Total Crime Rate
84.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
29.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cross Street area has the 33rd lowest crime rate of 72 local areas in Boultham , and the 151st lowest 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 Cross Street (LN5 7LT) in the last 12 months was 84.3 per 1,000 residents and was 49.2% lower than the Boultham average (165.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 29.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -26.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cross Street (LN5 7LT), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 160 crimes here, including 67 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Lincoln| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trollope Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ripon Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bishop King Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Scorer Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | A1434 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Scorer Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Scorer Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lewis Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lewis Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Scorer Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Scorer Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bus/Coach Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bus/Coach Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Grace Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grace Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grace Street | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grace Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Stanley Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Archer Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
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