Total Crime Rate

94.0 per 1,000 7/10 Β· High

All offences Β· 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 94.0 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 42.7 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 21.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.8 6/10
  • Other crime 8.6 9/10
  • Burglary 4.3 5/10
  • Public order 4.3 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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 Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Hickling Close area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 22 local areas in Grantham Barrowby Gate , and the 98th highest crime rate of 456 local areas in South Kesteven .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Hickling Close (NG31 7XB) in the last 12 months was 94.0 per 1,000 residents and was 4.1% higher than the Grantham Barrowby Gate average (90.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -23.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (β‰ˆ 47.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hickling Close (NG31 7XB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Harlaxton Road, where police recorded 56 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Kinoulton Court (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

View Crime In Grantham Barrowby Gate

Crime Over Time in Hickling Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kinoulton Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kinoulton Court Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kinoulton Court β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kinoulton Court β€”
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Kinoulton Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kinoulton Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kinoulton Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kinoulton Court Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kinoulton Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Harlaxton Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gannet Court β€”
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Falcon Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Falcon Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Falcon Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Falcon Court β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harlaxton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Willow Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Thames Road β€”
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Kestrel Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kinoulton Court β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Thames Road β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Falcon Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Mallard Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Denton Close Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Burglary Hickling Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hickling Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Falcon Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hickling Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Falcon Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Falcon Court Under investigation

Data Sources

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