Total Crime Rate
97.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025London Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 52 local areas in Five Village , and the 71st highest crime rate of 209 local areas in Boston .
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 London Road (PE20 1JE) in the last 12 months was 97.9 per 1,000 residents and was 65.1% higher than the Five Village average (59.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 800.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 42.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around London Road (PE20 1JE), the main crime hotspot is near Edinburgh Drive. Police recorded 25 crimes here, including 17 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Five Village| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Woodland Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Fossitt Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | London Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Fossitt Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Priestley Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Edinburgh Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Woodland Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Thomas Middlecott Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Woodland Road | — |
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