Total Crime Rate
57.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
37.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Woodville Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 23 local areas in St Thomas' , and the 90th 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 Woodville Road (PE21 8AR) in the last 12 months was 57.8 per 1,000 residents and was 59.3% lower than the St Thomas' average (142.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 37.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Woodville Road (PE21 8AR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Woodville Road, where police recorded 91 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Revesby Avenue (31 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Boston| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Woodville Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Woodville Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Princess Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Revesby Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Revesby Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Revesby Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Revesby Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Carver Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Princess Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Revesby Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Revesby Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Woodville Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Woodville Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Princess Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Woodville Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Woodville Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Woodville Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Woodville Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Woodville Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Woodville Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Woodville Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Woodville Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Woodville Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Woodville Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Woodville Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Princess Street | Under investigation |
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