Total Crime Rate

89.8 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 89.8 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.0 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 21.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 21.0 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.0 7/10
  • Drugs 6.0 6/10
  • Shoplifting 6.0 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.0 3/10
  • Public order 3.0 2/10
  • Burglary 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
  • 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

Sleaford Road area has the 13th lowest crime rate of 31 local areas in Fenside , and the 77th highest crime rate of 209 local areas in Boston .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Sleaford Road (PE21 8EQ) in the last 12 months was 89.8 per 1,000 residents and was 12.3% lower than the Fenside average (102.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -61.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 24.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -42.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sleaford Road (PE21 8EQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Fydell Street, where police recorded 115 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Trafalgar Place (36 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Sleaford Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Broadfield Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Fydell Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tannery Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Tannery Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Horace Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fydell Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Fydell Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Fydell Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Fydell Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences James Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Station Street
Sep 2025Burglary James Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Trafalgar Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Trafalgar Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Trafalgar Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Trafalgar Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Trafalgar Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Trafalgar Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Station Street
Sep 2025Burglary Station Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Sydney Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Theft from the person Albert Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Peck Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tannery Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Broadfield Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Broadfield Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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