Total Crime Rate
155.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
21.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Gaunt Street area has the 26th highest crime rate of 72 local areas in Boultham , and the 88th highest crime rate of 315 local areas in Lincoln .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Gaunt Street (LN5 7RD) in the last 12 months was 155.1 per 1,000 residents and was 6.5% 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 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 21.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Gaunt Street (LN5 7RD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 44 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near King Street (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Lincoln| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Mill Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Mill Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Peel Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vernon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vernon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vernon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vernon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vernon Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Tanner'S Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cranwell Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Foster Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Alfred Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mill Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gaunt Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alfred Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gresley Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Gaunt Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gresley Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Riverside Drive | Under investigation |
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