Total Crime Rate
401.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
203.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Epsom Road area has the highest crime rate of 55 local areas in Birchwood , and the 26th highest crime rate of 315 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 Epsom Road (LN6 0FJ) in the last 12 months was 401.1 per 1,000 residents and was 299.7% higher than the Birchwood average (100.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 58 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 77 (≈ 203.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Epsom Road (LN6 0FJ), the main crime hotspot is near Epsom Road. Police recorded 74 crimes here, including 38 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Lincoln| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Epsom Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cosford Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cosford Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cosford Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cosford Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cosford Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hurn Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alness Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alness Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Alness Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Halton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Halton Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Halton Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Epsom Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Epsom Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Truro Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Epsom Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Epsom Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Epsom Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Epsom Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Epsom Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Epsom Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Epsom Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Epsom Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Epsom Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Epsom Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Epsom Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Epsom Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Epsom Road | Under investigation |
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