Lincolnshire Crime Statistics
Last updated: 07 Jun 2026
The overall crime rate in Lincolnshire as of April 2026 is 73 crimes per 1,000 people, and the most common crimes are violence and sexual offences, with reports coming from roughly every 33 out of 1,000 daytime population.
Comparing Lincolnshire's larger towns and cities, and using Crime Risk Scores - which are calculated by taking severity of each crime type into account - Skegness is the most dangerous. The next most dangerous is Scunthorpe, and Gainsborough comes in as third most dangerous. There are safer parts of Lincolnshire, identified using the same Crime Risk measurement, starting with Stamford which ranks as the safest area in Lincolnshire, followed up by North Hykeham in second place, and Barton-upon-Humber in third place.
Lincolnshire Crime Map
Incidents mapped in Lincolnshire represent the time frame between January 2016 and April 2026. Each point on the map represents an area where crimes have been recorded locally.
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Introduction to Lincolnshire's crime statistics
This crime profile provides a detailed view of crime and safety around Lincolnshire up to April 2026, the most recent data release available. The crime figures and statistics have been calculated across each of Lincolnshire's 41,988 postcodes using three area sizes for comparison:
- Within a Five-Minute Walk
- Within a Ten-Minute Walk
- Within a Fifteen-Minute Walk
Individual crime risk scores and index figures are for the 12-month period ending April 2026 unless otherwise stated.
Crime Risk Scores
Lincolnshire • 12 Months Ending April 2026
The typical five-minute walk within Lincolnshire has a crime risk score of 499. This is based on analysis of 41,988 nearby areas within Lincolnshire, with "most" referring to roughly two thirds of the nearby locations.
Crime risk scores are on a scale of 1 to 1,000 and consider the severity of the crimes involved, as determined by sentencing guidelines. A score of 1 represents the lowest risk, and 1,000 the highest risk. This approach ensures that - unlike overall crime rate figures - bicycle theft is not given the same importance in Lincolnshire's risk scores as, for example, robbery, or violence & sexual offences.
Within a five-minute walk of the typical location in Lincolnshire, crime risk scores are typically around 499, while in East Midlands they are average 486.
Areas within a ten-minute walk typically see crime risk scores of 475 (481 for East Midlands), and scores within a fifteen-minute walk are most often around 473 (East Midlands 485).
Trends in Crime Risk
Lincolnshire
Calculated via Seasonal and Trend decomposition using Loess, the Seasonality Adjusted line represents the original data with seasonality subtracted, and the Trend line has been plotted unadjusted. Overall trend direction has been identified using the Mann-Kendall trend test, and rate calculated from the slope of the best-fit line identified from linear regression.
The 10-year trend indicates an increase of 18% in Lincolnshire's crime risk score. This is potentially a strong signal of how the crime risk is evolving. Cross-referencing with major cultural events and Covid's impact during this time is advised.
Looking at the previous five years, the trend in Lincolnshire's crime risk score is up by 7%. While potentially a good indicator of the overall risk trend, analysis may offer further insight when combined with the checks mentioned above.
Over the last year, Lincolnshire's crime risk score has shown an upward trend of approximately 4.1%, indicating that the risk profile is going up. This is an extremely short time period for crime trend analysis, and caution should be exercised when interpreting this figure.
Crime Rates and Indexes
Lincolnshire
The CrimeRate Index shows how crime rates compare against the national average.
1.0 equals the average
2.0 is double
3.0 triple
0.5 is half and
0.25 a quarter.
Highest Crime Rates
Lincolnshire • 12 Months Ending April 2026
Excluding other crime and other theft because their geographic location is often not relevant, anti-social behaviour as its definition is too wide, and bicycle theft for its specificity.
Shoplifting offences have a crime rate of 8.77 reports per 1,000 people in Lincolnshire, which is 1.23 times the national average. This figure is calculated from 10,547 crime reports logged by Lincolnshire Police during the 12-month period ending April 2026.
For the same period, Lincolnshire Police recorded 9,068 reports of Criminal Damage and Arson in Lincolnshire, resulting in a crime rate of 7.54 reports per 1,000, and a CrimeRate Index of 1.20.
The crime rate for Burglary is 1.10 times the national average at 3.43 reports per 1,000. This is from 4,138 crime reports reported to Lincolnshire Police.
Most Significant 3-Year Increases in Crime Types
Lincolnshire
Excluding other crime and other theft, anti-social behaviour, and bicycle theft, and calculated with the same STL method described in Trends in Crime Risk, using CrimeRate Index figures to identify crime types that are trending above or below the national average, and the analysis timeframe limited to the last three years.
Vehicle Crime offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.77 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Vehicle Crime CrimeRate Index was 0.52 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 48% over this timeframe.
Criminal Damage and Arson offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 1.24 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Criminal Damage and Arson CrimeRate Index was 1.14 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 9% over this timeframe.
Robbery offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.90 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Robbery CrimeRate Index was 0.33 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 173% over this timeframe.
Most Significant 3-Year Decreases in Crime Types
Lincolnshire
Calculated with the same methodology as the largest increases section above.
Drugs offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.65 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Drugs CrimeRate Index was 1.00 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 35% over this timeframe.
Possession of Weapons offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.86 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Possession of Weapons CrimeRate Index was 0.86 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 0% over this timeframe.
Violence and Sexual Offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 1.15 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Violence and Sexual Offences CrimeRate Index was 0.97 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 19% over this timeframe.
Crime Type Breakdown & Heat Map
Lincolnshire • 12 Months Ending April 2026
Size and colour reflect the CrimeRate Index figures for each type of crime.
Lincolnshire | East Midlands | Lincolnshire Police | |||||||
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| Crime Type | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index |
| Anti-Social Behaviour | 19,781 | 16.43 | 1.16 | 82,288 | 14.84 | 1.05 | 16,498 | 19.37 | 1.37 |
| Bicycle Theft | 956 | 0.79 | 1.08 | 3,605 | 0.66 | 0.90 | 563 | 0.66 | 0.90 |
| Burglary | 4,138 | 3.43 | 1.10 | 16,428 | 2.97 | 0.95 | 2,419 | 2.83 | 0.90 |
| Criminal Damage and Arson | 9,068 | 7.54 | 1.20 | 36,709 | 6.63 | 1.06 | 5,428 | 6.37 | 1.01 |
| Drugs | 2,264 | 1.88 | 0.61 | 14,102 | 2.53 | 0.82 | 1,211 | 1.41 | 0.46 |
| Other Crime | 2,993 | 2.51 | 1.36 | 11,549 | 2.09 | 1.13 | 1,798 | 2.11 | 1.14 |
| Other Theft | 5,910 | 4.91 | 0.86 | 28,010 | 5.03 | 0.88 | 3,707 | 4.35 | 0.76 |
| Possession of Weapons | 823 | 0.67 | 0.79 | 5,077 | 0.92 | 1.08 | 465 | 0.53 | 0.62 |
| Public Order | 7,245 | 6.02 | 1.04 | 33,621 | 6.06 | 1.04 | 4,111 | 4.82 | 0.83 |
| Robbery | 932 | 0.75 | 0.64 | 5,222 | 0.95 | 0.81 | 549 | 0.64 | 0.54 |
| Shoplifting | 10,547 | 8.77 | 1.23 | 41,773 | 7.51 | 1.05 | 6,512 | 7.64 | 1.07 |
| Theft From the Person | 195 | 0.13 | 0.08 | 2,834 | 0.51 | 0.33 | 114 | 0.13 | 0.08 |
| Vehicle Crime | 3,526 | 2.94 | 0.68 | 20,391 | 3.67 | 0.85 | 2,132 | 2.51 | 0.58 |
| Violence and Sexual Offences | 39,656 | 32.96 | 1.08 | 169,276 | 30.51 | 1.00 | 25,161 | 29.51 | 0.97 |
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Total Crime by Year
Lincolnshire | East Midlands | Lincolnshire Police | |||||||
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| Year | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index |
| 2026 | 88,253 | 73.30 | 1.02 | 388,597 | 70.04 | 0.97 | 54,170 | 63.51 | 0.88 |
| 2025 | 89,282 | 74.88 | 1.01 | 391,366 | 71.16 | 0.96 | 55,288 | 65.57 | 0.89 |
| 2024 | 89,685 | 75.92 | 1.01 | 401,136 | 73.81 | 0.98 | 54,318 | 65.02 | 0.86 |
| 2023 | 93,738 | 79.88 | 1.01 | 420,118 | 78.15 | 0.99 | 59,156 | 71.49 | 0.90 |
| 2022 | 88,095 | 75.83 | 0.99 | 404,389 | 76.27 | 0.99 | 56,203 | 68.86 | 0.90 |
| 2021 | 80,226 | 69.59 | 1.01 | 361,494 | 68.61 | 1.00 | 50,539 | 62.46 | 0.91 |
| 2020 | 93,009 | 81.07 | 1.09 | 388,888 | 74.15 | 1.00 | 59,360 | 73.76 | 0.99 |
| 2019 | 89,834 | 78.51 | 1.03 | 375,243 | 71.88 | 0.94 | 55,054 | 68.77 | 0.90 |
| 2018 | 71,582 | 62.67 | 0.88 | 331,940 | 64.14 | 0.90 | 40,535 | 50.95 | 0.72 |
| 2017 | 66,002 | 58.18 | 0.91 | 297,381 | 58.03 | 0.91 | 36,561 | 46.33 | 0.72 |
| 2016 | 19,924 | 17.62 | 0.92 | 87,914 | 17.17 | 0.90 | 11,383 | 14.45 | 0.76 |
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The Lincolnshire Streets With The Highest Crime Counts
Each police crime report that CrimeRate receives has a street name automatically assigned to it by the police data team, and this table uses the coordinates to count crimes, rather than the street name alone. That way, if Lincolnshire has multiple identical street names - which is not unusual - they will be treated separately by CrimeRate's systems.
| Street | Crime Count | ||||||||
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| Victoria Street West Grimsby | 137 | ||||||||
| St Mary'S Street Lincoln | 120 | ||||||||
| Queen Mary Avenue Cleethorpes | 95 | ||||||||
| Back Lane Ingoldmells | 90 | ||||||||
| B1174 Grantham | 84 | ||||||||
| Glanford Way Gunness | 74 | ||||||||
| Theatre/Concert Hall Skegness | 59 | ||||||||
| Taylor Court Scunthorpe | 57 | ||||||||
| Church Lane Boston | 55 | ||||||||
| Hospital Fishtoft | 44 | ||||||||
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Town and City Comparison
| Town / City | Crime Count | Crime Rate | CrimeRate Index | ||||||
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| Skegness | 3,453 | 149.49 | 2.09 | ||||||
| Grimsby | 13,054 | 138.13 | 1.92 | ||||||
| Cleethorpes | 4,032 | 137.80 | 1.93 | ||||||
| Gainsborough | 3,040 | 130.89 | 1.86 | ||||||
| Scunthorpe | 9,819 | 114.83 | 1.60 | ||||||
| Boston | 4,193 | 110.99 | 1.55 | ||||||
| Lincoln | 12,370 | 103.38 | 1.44 | ||||||
| Immingham | 844 | 78.44 | 1.19 | ||||||
| Grantham | 3,668 | 76.56 | 1.08 | ||||||
| Spalding | 2,217 | 67.40 | 0.95 | ||||||
| Louth | 1,317 | 66.82 | 1.00 | ||||||
| Mablethorpe and Sutton | 853 | 66.24 | 0.98 | ||||||
| Sleaford | 1,443 | 62.65 | 0.91 | ||||||
| Holbeach | 791 | 61.50 | 0.95 | ||||||
| Barton-upon-Humber | 606 | 51.59 | 0.77 | ||||||
| Stamford | 1,128 | 49.55 | 0.72 | ||||||
| Bourne | 890 | 43.75 | 0.65 | ||||||
| Bottesford | 427 | 39.86 | 0.65 | ||||||
| North Hykeham | 684 | 35.68 | 0.55 | ||||||
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