Total Crime Rate
326.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
129.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026King Street area has the 11th highest crime rate of 78 local areas in Fishtoft , and the 14th highest crime rate of 208 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 King Street (PE21 8UX) in the last 12 months was 326.9 per 1,000 residents and was 224.8% 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 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 40 (≈ 129.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 17.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -21.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around King Street (PE21 8UX), the main crime hotspot is near Trafalgar Place. Police recorded 90 crimes here, including 47 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 | Bunting Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | George Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Queen Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stells Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Trinity Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stells Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stells Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Trafalgar Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stells Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stells Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stells Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Trinity Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stells Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trafalgar Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Trafalgar Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Trafalgar Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Trafalgar Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Trafalgar Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Trafalgar Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trafalgar Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trafalgar Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Trinity Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | James Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | James Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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