Total Crime Rate

37.0 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

6.7 per 1,000 1/10 · Very Low

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 37.0 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.8 7/10
  • Violent crimes 6.7 1/10
  • Burglary 6.7 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 6.7 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.4 5/10
  • Other theft 3.4 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Wellington Road area has the 22nd lowest crime rate of 78 local areas in Fishtoft , and the 58th lowest crime rate of 208 local areas in Boston .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Wellington Road (PE21 0LA) in the last 12 months was 37.0 per 1,000 residents and was 63.2% lower than the Fishtoft average (100.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 25.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 6.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -4.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wellington Road (PE21 0LA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Richmond Close, where police recorded 29 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Vauxhall Road (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Wellington Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Burglary Burgess Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kitwood Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Burgess Close —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Burgess Close —
Apr 2026Public order Goodson Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Freiston Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Freiston Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Windsor Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Vauxhall Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Vauxhall Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Leverett Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Vauxhall Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Vauxhall Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Kitwood Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hudson'S Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Belton Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Church Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Church Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hudson'S Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Rochford Crescent —
Apr 2026Public order Richmond Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Richmond Close —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Leverett Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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