Total Crime Rate
143.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
88.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Caroline Close area has the 15th highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Sleaford Castle , and the 26th highest crime rate of 354 local areas in North Kesteven .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Caroline Close (NG34 7HT) in the last 12 months was 143.9 per 1,000 residents and was 9.0% lower than the Sleaford Castle average (158.2 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. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 88.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Caroline Close (NG34 7HT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Maltkiln Close, where police recorded 26 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St Giles Avenue (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Giles Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maltkiln Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maltkiln Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Maltkiln Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Maltkiln Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Maltkiln Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Maltkiln Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Elmgarth | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Elmgarth | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Giles Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cromwell Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Giles Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St Giles Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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