Total Crime Rate

87.3 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 87.3 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 37.1 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 30.6 9/10
  • Drugs 6.6 7/10
  • Other crime 4.4 6/10
  • Public order 4.4 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.2 1/10
  • Other theft 2.2 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

The Drove area has the 20th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Sleaford Castle , and the 51st highest crime rate of 351 local areas in North 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 The Drove (NG34 7AS) in the last 12 months was 87.3 per 1,000 residents and was 46.8% lower than the Sleaford Castle average (164.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -90.9% compared to 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Criminal damage and arson ( -90.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 41.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -48.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 94.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Drove (NG34 7AS), the main crime hotspot is near Newfield Road. Police recorded 21 crimes here, including 14 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in The Drove area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (4/4)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Newfield Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Meadowfield —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Daisyfield Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour North Parade —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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