Total Crime Rate
413.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
194.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Tower Street area has the 8th highest crime rate of 78 local areas in Fishtoft , and the 9th highest crime rate of 208 local areas in Boston .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Tower Street (PE21 8RX) in the last 12 months was 413.7 per 1,000 residents and was 311.2% higher than the Fishtoft average (100.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 53 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 71 (≈ 194.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -1.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Tower Street (PE21 8RX), the main crime hotspot is near Church Lane. Police recorded 157 crimes here, including 93 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Boston| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Paddock Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trafalgar Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trafalgar Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Trafalgar Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Paddock Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Paddock Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Paddock Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Trafalgar Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Trafalgar Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Trafalgar Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Trafalgar Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Trafalgar Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Trafalgar Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Church Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Church Lane | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Church Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Church Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Lane | Under investigation |
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