Total Crime Rate

43.8 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

All offences · 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 43.8 4/10
  • Other theft 11.4 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.5 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.6 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 5.7 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.8 3/10
  • Drugs 1.9 1/10
  • Public order 1.9 1/10
  • Robbery 1.9 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Welland Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 23 local areas in St Thomas' , and the 73rd lowest crime rate of 209 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 Welland Road (PE21 7PY) in the last 12 months was 43.8 per 1,000 residents and was 70.4% lower than the St Thomas' average (148.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 9.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Welland Road (PE21 7PY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Welland Road, where police recorded 6 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rothschild Close (3 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Welland Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (3/3)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Ashton Hall Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Welland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Welland Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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