Total Crime Rate
620.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
274.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Market Place area has the highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Sleaford Castle , and the highest crime rate of 354 local areas in North Kesteven .
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 Market Place (NG34 7SR) in the last 12 months was 620.3 per 1,000 residents and was 292.2% higher 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 54 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -37.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 73 (≈ 274.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Market Place (NG34 7SR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 188 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (43 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Church Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Church Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Church Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Station Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | South Gate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Station Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | B1517 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | B1517 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | B1517 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | B1517 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | White Hart Mews | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | White Hart Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | White Hart Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Toft Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | South Gate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | South Gate | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Albion Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | East Gate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | New Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | New Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | New Street | Under investigation |
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