Total Crime Rate

80.5 per 1,000 7/10 · High

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 80.5 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 53.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 19.5 7/10
  • Burglary 2.4 1/10
  • Public order 2.4 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.4 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Bayswood Avenue area has the 7th highest crime rate of 23 local areas in St Thomas' , and the 88th highest crime rate of 209 local areas in Boston .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Bayswood Avenue (PE21 7RT) in the last 12 months was 80.5 per 1,000 residents and was 45.7% lower than the St Thomas' average (148.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 340.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 56.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 283.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bayswood Avenue (PE21 7RT), the main crime hotspot is near Middlecott Close. Police recorded 66 crimes here, including 25 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Bayswood Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (5/5)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Middlecott Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bayswood Avenue —
Sep 2025Burglary Middlecott Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Middlecott Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cork Tree Crescent —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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