Total Crime Rate

105.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

56.9 per 1,000 8/10 · High

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 105.7 8/10
  • Violent crimes 56.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 51.5 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.7 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.8 7/10
  • Other theft 8.1 7/10
  • Public order 5.4 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.7 2/10
  • Drugs 2.7 2/10
  • Other crime 2.7 2/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Foston Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 22 local areas in Grantham Barrowby Gate , and the 80th highest crime rate of 457 local areas in South Kesteven .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Foston Road (NG31 7PE) in the last 12 months was 105.7 per 1,000 residents and was 10.5% higher than the Grantham Barrowby Gate average (95.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 56.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Foston Road (NG31 7PE), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 34 crimes here, including 17 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Foston Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (17/17)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Thames Road —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Thames Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Thames Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Thames Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Falcon Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Falcon Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hill View Close —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Mallard Court —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mallard Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Avon Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Warmington Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Dexter Avenue —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dexter Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Earlesfield Lane Further investigation is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Welland Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Welland Court —
Apr 2026Public order Earlesfield Lane Under investigation
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Data Sources

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