Total Crime Rate
280.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025High Street area has the highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Burgh le Marsh , and the 23rd highest crime rate of 488 local areas in East Lindsey .
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 High Street (PE23 5JH) in the last 12 months was 280.8 per 1,000 residents and was 571.3% higher than the Burgh le Marsh average (41.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 126.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 32.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around High Street (PE23 5JH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Nelson Way, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near The Terrace (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Burgh le Marsh| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wellington Yard | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stones Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Blacksmiths Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Blacksmiths Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Blacksmiths Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Blacksmiths Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Blacksmiths Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | The Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | The Terrace | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Nelson Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Nelson Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Nelson Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Nelson Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Nelson Way | Under investigation |
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