Total Crime Rate

128.2 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

64.1 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 128.2 8/10
  • Violent crimes 64.1 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 64.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 42.7 9/10
  • Other theft 8.6 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.6 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.3 7/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Mafeking Terrace area has the 27th highest crime rate of 78 local areas in Fishtoft , and the 55th 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 Mafeking Terrace (PE21 9DB) in the last 12 months was 128.2 per 1,000 residents and was 27.4% 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 15 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). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 64.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 87.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Mafeking Terrace (PE21 9DB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near St Leonards Close, where police recorded 23 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Brown'S Road (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Mafeking Terrace area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (14/14)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Brown'S Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hospital Lane —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Brown'S Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St Leonards Close —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St Leonards Close —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St Leonards Close —
Apr 2026Burglary St Leonards Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary St Leonards Close Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Drugs St Leonards Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime St Leonards Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Leonards Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Leonards Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Brown'S Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Brown'S Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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