Total Crime Rate
165.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Skellingthorpe Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Hartsholme , and the 84th highest crime rate of 316 local areas in Lincoln .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Skellingthorpe Road (LN6 7QT) in the last 12 months was 165.3 per 1,000 residents and was 108.6% higher than the Hartsholme average (79.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 29 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). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 72.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 131.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Skellingthorpe Road (LN6 7QT), the main crime hotspot is near George Boole Drive. Police recorded 47 crimes here, including 22 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Hartsholme| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lawrence Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tritton Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Primrose Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gainsborough Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Gainsborough Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Gainsborough Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gainsborough Gardens | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Lawrence Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Tritton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Helen'S Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Moorland Crescent | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | George Boole Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | George Boole Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Moorland Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Usher Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Usher Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Usher Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Helen'S Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Cotman Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Highfield Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Highfield Avenue | Under investigation |
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