Total Crime Rate

408.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 408.7 10/10
  • Shoplifting 108.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 89.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 68.1 10/10
  • Public order 27.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 21.7 9/10
  • Drugs 18.6 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 18.6 10/10
  • Robbery 15.5 10/10
  • Other crime 12.4 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 9.3 9/10
  • Other theft 9.3 7/10
  • Burglary 6.2 6/10
  • Theft from the person 3.1 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Boston Shopping Park area has the 8th highest crime rate of 79 local areas in Fishtoft , and the 9th highest crime rate of 209 local areas in Boston .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Boston Shopping Park (PE21 9BD) in the last 12 months was 408.7 per 1,000 residents and was 292.3% higher than the Fishtoft average (104.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 43 (≈ 133.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Boston Shopping Park (PE21 9BD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Tawney Street, where police recorded 103 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (31 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Boston Shopping Park area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hartley Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mastins Court Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson St Leonards Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hartley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Hartley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hartley Street —
Sep 2025Drugs Queen'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mastins Court Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mastins Court Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Main Ridge West Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Main Ridge West Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Corpus Christi Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tawney Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tawney Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Tawney Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Parking Area Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Tawney Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Tawney Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tawney Street —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hope Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Grand Sluice Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Norfolk Street —

Data Sources

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