Total Crime Rate

167.2 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 167.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 72.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 34.7 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 31.6 10/10
  • Public order 15.8 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.2 4/10
  • Burglary 3.2 3/10
  • Robbery 3.2 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.2 2/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

High Street area has the 25th highest crime rate of 72 local areas in Boultham , and the 82nd highest crime rate of 316 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 High Street (LN5 8AA) in the last 12 months was 167.2 per 1,000 residents and was 5.7% lower than the Boultham average (177.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 53.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -29.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -16.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around High Street (LN5 8AA), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 356 crimes here, including 186 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

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Other crime Pennell Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Knight Place —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Knight Place —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Prior Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Little Bargate Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Little Bargate Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour King Street —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Queen Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Knight Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Knight Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Spencer Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shakespeare Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Foster Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Vernon Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vernon Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Riverside Drive —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Riverside Drive —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Abbot Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation

Data Sources

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