Total Crime Rate
128.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Carlton 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.
View Crime In Fenside| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Taverner Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Bartol Crescent | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Fydell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Taverner Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Fydell Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Fydell Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fydell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Fydell Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Fydell Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bartol Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bartol Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bartol Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bartol Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cotton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bartol Crescent | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Horace Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Kyme Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Castle Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kyme Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Kyme Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Portland Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Portland Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Taverner Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Taverner Road | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Taverner Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cotton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Fydell Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cotton Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bowman Close | — |
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