Total Crime Rate

136.7 per 1,000 9/10 Β· Very High

All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 136.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 62.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 19.5 7/10
  • Other crime 15.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.7 8/10
  • Burglary 7.8 7/10
  • Other theft 7.8 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.9 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.9 6/10
  • Public order 3.9 4/10
  • Drugs 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

Woad Farm Road area has the 25th highest crime rate of 79 local areas in Fishtoft , and the 47th 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 Woad Farm Road (PE21 0DU) in the last 12 months was 136.7 per 1,000 residents and was 31.3% higher than the Fishtoft average (104.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -15.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (β‰ˆ 70.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 100.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Woad Farm Road (PE21 0DU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Freiston Road, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Burgess Close (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Woad Farm Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kitwood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Nicholas Road β€”
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson St Nicholas Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Skirbeck Gardens β€”
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mill Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mill Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Mill Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rectory Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mill Road β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kitwood Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kitwood Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Nicholas Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Nicholas Road β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences De Montfort Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kitwood Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burgess Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Kitwood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kitwood Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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