Total Crime Rate

229.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 229.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 119.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 36.0 9/10
  • Public order 18.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.0 8/10
  • Other theft 12.0 8/10
  • Other crime 10.3 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.1 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.1 5/10
  • Burglary 3.4 3/10
  • Robbery 3.4 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 1.7 1/10
  • Drugs 1.7 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Westwick Gardens area has the 6th highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Hartsholme , and the 47th 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 Westwick Gardens (LN6 7RH) in the last 12 months was 229.5 per 1,000 residents and was 189.5% 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 70 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 86 (≈ 147.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 24.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 23.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Westwick Gardens (LN6 7RH), the main crime hotspot is near Blackbourn Road. Police recorded 62 crimes here, including 39 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Westwick Gardens area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Prial Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Blackbourn Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Prial Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Prial Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Prial Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Highfield Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Highfield Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Prial Avenue —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Prial Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blackbourn Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blackbourn Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blackbourn Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blackbourn Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rookery Park —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Prial Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Blackbourn Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Blackbourn Road —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Harris Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westwick Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westwick Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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