Total Crime Rate

128.0 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 128.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 52.0 8/10
  • Shoplifting 22.0 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.0 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.0 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.0 8/10
  • Burglary 6.0 6/10
  • Other theft 6.0 6/10
  • Drugs 2.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.0 1/10
  • Public order 2.0 1/10
  • Robbery 2.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Carlton Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 31 local areas in Fenside , and the 53rd 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 Carlton Road (PE21 8LH) in the last 12 months was 128.0 per 1,000 residents and was 24.9% higher than the Fenside average (102.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 58.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -43.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 224.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Carlton Road (PE21 8LH), the main crime hotspot is near Fydell Street. Police recorded 115 crimes here, including 36 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Carlton Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Taverner Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Bartol Crescent Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Fydell Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Taverner Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Fydell Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Fydell Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fydell Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Fydell Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Fydell Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bartol Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bartol Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bartol Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bartol Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cotton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bartol Crescent
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Horace Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Kyme Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Castle Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kyme Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kyme Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Portland Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Portland Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Taverner Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Taverner Road Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Taverner Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cotton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Fydell Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cotton Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bowman Close

Data Sources

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