Total Crime Rate
122.8 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Skellingthorpe Road area has the 34th highest crime rate of 72 local areas in Boultham , and the 121st 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 Skellingthorpe Road (LN6 0EL) in the last 12 months was 122.8 per 1,000 residents and was 30.7% lower than the Boultham average (177.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (β 76.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 6.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Skellingthorpe Road (LN6 0EL), the main crime hotspot is near Sixfields Close. Police recorded 115 crimes here, including 57 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Boultham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Tritton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gainsborough Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | George Boole Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Gainsborough Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Gainsborough Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gainsborough Gardens | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Primrose Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Cotman Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lawrence Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sixfields Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Sixfields Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Sixfields Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Sixfields Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Sixfields Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Sixfields Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Sixfields Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sixfields Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sixfields Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sixfields Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sixfields Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sixfields Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sixfields Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sixfields Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Lawrence Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tritton Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | George Boole Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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