Total Crime Rate
1226.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
533.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Chapel Street area has the highest crime rate of 78 local areas in Fishtoft , and the highest crime rate of 208 local areas in Boston .
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 Chapel Street (PE21 6PY) in the last 12 months was 1226.0 per 1,000 residents and was 1118.4% higher than the Fishtoft average (100.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 148 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 3 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 41.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -51.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 189 (≈ 533.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Chapel Street (PE21 6PY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petticoat Lane, where police recorded 240 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Church Lane (93 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Boston| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Lincoln Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Fish Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Fish Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Fish Hill | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Church Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Church Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Church Lane | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Church Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Tunnard Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fish Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Church Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brady Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Red Lion Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Red Lion Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thorold Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brady Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brady Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thorold Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Thorold Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Thorold Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Thorold Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fish Hill | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thorold Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Medlock Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bridge Street | — |
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