Total Crime Rate
413.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
194.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Irby 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 Irby Street (PE21 8SA) 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 Irby Street (PE21 8SA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Fydell Street, where police recorded 143 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Trafalgar Place (47 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Boston| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A1137 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boston Bus Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Fydell Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fydell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fydell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fydell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lincoln Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Lincoln Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | George Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Police Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | George Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | George Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | George Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | George Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Irby Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Irby Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Medlock Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Medlock Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Medlock Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Tower Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Police Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Police Station | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | West Row | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Paddock Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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