Total Crime Rate
273.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Southfield Place area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 22 local areas in Horncastle , and the 25th highest crime rate of 488 local areas in East Lindsey .
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 Southfield Place (LN9 6EN) in the last 12 months was 273.5 per 1,000 residents and was 311.9% higher than the Horncastle average (66.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 106.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 73.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Southfield Place (LN9 6EN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Waring Street, where police recorded 38 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near The Crescent (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Horncastle| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Hamerton Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Sellwood Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | The Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cagthorpe | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hopton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Sellwood Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hopton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ndola Drive | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hamerton Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bryant Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bryant Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | English Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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