Total Crime Rate
367.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Carlton Road area has the highest crime rate of 31 local areas in Fenside , and the 11th highest crime rate of 209 local areas in Boston .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Carlton Road (PE21 8PQ) in the last 12 months was 367.3 per 1,000 residents and was 258.5% 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 38 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 900.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 51 (≈ 136.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 240.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 57.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Carlton Road (PE21 8PQ), 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 | Shoplifting | Fydell Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bowman Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Taverner Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sydney Street | — |
| 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 | Possession of weapons | Fydell Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Fydell Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Orchard Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Kyme Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kyme Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Kyme Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Albert Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bowman Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Horace Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bowman Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fydell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bartol Crescent | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bartol Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Bartol Crescent | Awaiting court outcome |
| 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 | Bartol Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Granville Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Sydney Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Sydney Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Taverner Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Taverner Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Sydney Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brothertoft Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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