Total Crime Rate

97.7 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 97.7 8/10
  • Shoplifting 37.2 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 27.9 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.0 6/10
  • Other crime 9.3 9/10
  • Other theft 4.7 5/10
  • Public order 4.7 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Whitley Close area has the 4th highest crime rate of 59 local areas in Bassingham Rural , and the 42nd highest crime rate of 351 local areas in North Kesteven .

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 Whitley Close (LN6 5RY) in the last 12 months was 97.7 per 1,000 residents and was 157.1% higher than the Bassingham Rural average (38.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 32.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Whitley Close (LN6 5RY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 12 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Jerusalem Road (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Whitley Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hampden Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Almond Grove —
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Monson Park Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Monson Park Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
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Data Sources

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