Total Crime Rate
69.0 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
30.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Broadfield Lane area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 31 local areas in Fenside , and the 99th highest 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 Broadfield Lane (PE21 8DW) in the last 12 months was 69.0 per 1,000 residents and was 28.6% lower than the Fenside average (96.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -30.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (β 30.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Broadfield Lane (PE21 8DW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 62 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Revesby Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broadfield Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Revesby Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Revesby Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Revesby Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Friars Gate | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | β |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Eaton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bunting Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moorhen Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Moorhen Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Revesby Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Carver Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Revesby Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Duke Street | β |
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