Total Crime Rate

413.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

194.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 413.7 10/10
  • Violent crimes 194.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 145.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 79.5 10/10
  • Drugs 60.3 10/10
  • Public order 43.8 10/10
  • Other theft 27.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 21.9 9/10
  • Other crime 16.4 10/10
  • Theft from the person 5.5 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.7 3/10
  • Burglary 2.7 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.7 3/10
  • Robbery 2.7 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.7 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Tower 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.

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Crime Over Time in Tower Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Police Station Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Paddock Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Trafalgar Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Trafalgar Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Trafalgar Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Paddock Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Paddock Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Paddock Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Trafalgar Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Trafalgar Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Trafalgar Place
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Trafalgar Place
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Trafalgar Place
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Trafalgar Place
Apr 2026Burglary Church Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Church Lane Offender given a caution
Apr 2026Public order Church Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Church Lane Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Church Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Church Lane Under investigation

Data Sources

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