Total Crime Rate
144.2 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
62.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Eastern Terrace area has the 29th highest crime rate of 72 local areas in Boultham , and the 100th highest crime rate of 315 local areas in Lincoln .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Eastern Terrace (LN5 7YA) in the last 12 months was 144.2 per 1,000 residents and was 13.0% lower than the Boultham average (165.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 20 (β 62.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 42.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 9.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Eastern Terrace (LN5 7YA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Mill Lane, where police recorded 38 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Vernon Street (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Lincoln| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Mill Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Mill Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Coulson Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Coulson Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coulson Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gresley Drive | β |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gresley Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Robey Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Edward Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vernon Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edward Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cranwell Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Foster Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bell Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bell Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mill Lane | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vernon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Peel Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Botolph'S Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 |
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