Total Crime Rate

80.3 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 80.3 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 43.5 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.0 5/10
  • Other crime 10.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.7 5/10
  • Burglary 3.3 3/10
  • Other theft 3.3 3/10
  • Shoplifting 3.3 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Swallow Avenue area has the 8th highest crime rate of 59 local areas in Bassingham Rural , and the 61st highest crime rate of 351 local areas in North Kesteven .

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 Swallow Avenue (LN6 5XL) in the last 12 months was 80.3 per 1,000 residents and was 111.3% higher than the Bassingham Rural average (38.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 43.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 85.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 74.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Swallow Avenue (LN6 5XL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Moss Lane, where police recorded 15 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Jerusalem Road (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Swallow Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Monson Park Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Monson Park Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Martin Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Moss Lane
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Moss Lane Under investigation

Data Sources

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