Total Crime Rate

131.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

41.5 per 1,000 7/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 131.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 44.7 9/10
  • Violent crimes 41.5 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 35.1 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.0 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.8 9/10
  • Other crime 9.6 9/10
  • Robbery 6.4 7/10
  • Drugs 3.2 3/10
  • Other theft 3.2 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

High Street area has the 31st highest crime rate of 72 local areas in Boultham , and the 110th highest crime rate of 315 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 High Street (LN5 7TE) in the last 12 months was 131.0 per 1,000 residents and was 21.0% 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -30.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 41.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 18.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around High Street (LN5 7TE), the main crime hotspot is near Chaplin Street. Police recorded 66 crimes here, including 36 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in High Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/58)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Vernon Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Scorer Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Featherby Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Smith Street —
Apr 2026Other theft Mill Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Mill Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Mill Lane —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Scorer Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Gibbeson Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Knight Street —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Knight Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Knight Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Knight Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Scorer Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Scorer Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Scorer Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Gaunt Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Featherby Place —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Vernon Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Chaplin Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Chaplin Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Smith Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Tanner'S Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Smith Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Vernon Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Henry Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Gaunt Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Vernon Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Vernon Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Foster Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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