Total Crime Rate

448.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

142.4 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 448.9 10/10
  • Shoplifting 157.9 10/10
  • Violent crimes 142.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 89.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 46.4 9/10
  • Public order 27.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 24.8 10/10
  • Robbery 24.8 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 18.6 10/10
  • Drugs 15.5 9/10
  • Other crime 15.5 10/10
  • Burglary 9.3 8/10
  • Other theft 9.3 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Horncastle Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 78 local areas in Fishtoft , and the 7th highest crime rate of 208 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 Horncastle Road (PE21 9BU) in the last 12 months was 448.9 per 1,000 residents and was 346.2% higher than the Fishtoft average (100.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 51 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 60.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 46 (≈ 142.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Horncastle Road (PE21 9BU), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 78 crimes here, including 31 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Horncastle Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/31)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Public order Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Brown'S Road —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Robbery Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Tawney Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Brown'S Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Brown'S Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Brown'S Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Tawney Street —
Apr 2026Drugs Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Hartley Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Leonards Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Leonards Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime St Leonards Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs St Leonards Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary St Leonards Close Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Burglary St Leonards Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St Leonards Close —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St Leonards Close —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St Leonards Close —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Tawney Street Awaiting court outcome
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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