Total Crime Rate

2283.0 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 2283.0 10/10
  • Shoplifting 686.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 505.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 479.3 10/10
  • Public order 260.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 109.4 10/10
  • Other theft 98.1 10/10
  • Drugs 34.0 10/10
  • Other crime 26.4 10/10
  • Robbery 18.9 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 18.9 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 15.1 10/10
  • Burglary 15.1 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 15.1 10/10
  • 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

Great Northern Way area has the highest crime rate of 72 local areas in Boultham , and the highest crime rate of 316 local areas in Lincoln .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Great Northern Way (LN5 8XF) in the last 12 months was 2283.0 per 1,000 residents and was 1187.7% higher than the Boultham average (177.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 182 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 4 cases , down -20.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 38.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -76.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 212 (≈ 800.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Great Northern Way (LN5 8XF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 70 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lytton Street (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Great Northern Way area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (22/22)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Stamp End Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Lytton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Lytton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Great Northern Terrace —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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