Total Crime Rate
128.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
64.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hilda Street 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 Hilda Street (PE21 9DD) 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 Hilda Street (PE21 9DD), 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.
View Crime In Boston| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brown'S Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hospital Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brown'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Leonards Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Leonards Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Leonards Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | St Leonards Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | St Leonards Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | St Leonards Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | St Leonards Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Leonards Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Leonards Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brown'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Brown'S Road | Under investigation |
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