Total Crime Rate

49.4 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

20.4 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 49.4 5/10
  • Violent crimes 20.4 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 20.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 20.4 5/10
  • Burglary 2.9 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.9 2/10
  • Other theft 2.9 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Fern Drive area has the 25th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Dunholme and Welton , and the 153rd lowest crime rate of 307 local areas in West Lindsey .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Fern Drive (LN8 3NU) in the last 12 months was 49.4 per 1,000 residents and was 13.9% higher than the Dunholme and Welton average (43.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 16.7% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 20.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Fern Drive (LN8 3NU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Birchwoods Close, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Snowdrop Place (5 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Fern Drive area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Birchwoods Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Birchwoods Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Birchwoods Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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