Lincolnshire Police Statistics
Last updated: 07 Jun 2026
The crime rate in Lincolnshire Police's force coverage area is 64 crimes per 1,000 people, for the 12-month period ending April 2026. The most commonly-reported crimes are violence and sexual offences, reported at a rate of roughly 30 reports per 1,000 daytime population.
Lincolnshire Police Crime Map
Incidents mapped in Lincolnshire Police's service area 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 Police's crime statistics
This crime profile provides a detailed view of crime and safety around Lincolnshire Police up to April 2026, the most recent data release available. The crime figures and statistics have been calculated across each of Lincolnshire Police's 29,657 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 Police • 12 Months Ending April 2026
The typical five-minute walk within Lincolnshire Police has a crime risk score of 496. This is based on analysis of 29,657 nearby areas within Lincolnshire Police, 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 Police's risk scores as, for example, robbery, or violence & sexual offences.
Within a five-minute walk of the typical location in Lincolnshire Police, crime risk scores are typically around 496, while in National they are average 500.
Areas within a ten-minute walk typically see crime risk scores of 471 (500 for National), and scores within a fifteen-minute walk are most often around 466 (National 500).
Trends in Crime Risk
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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 23% in Lincolnshire Police'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 Police's crime risk score is up by 8%. 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 Police's crime risk score has shown an upward trend of approximately 6%, 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
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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 Police • 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 7.64 reports per 1,000 people in Lincolnshire Police, which is 1.07 times the national average. This figure is calculated from 6,512 crime reports logged by Lincolnshire Police during the 12-month period ending April 2026.
For the same period, Lincolnshire Police recorded 5,428 reports of Criminal Damage and Arson in Lincolnshire Police, resulting in a crime rate of 6.37 reports per 1,000, and a CrimeRate Index of 1.01.
The crime rate for Violence and Sexual Offences is 0.97 times the national average at 30 reports per 1,000. This is from 25,161 crime reports reported to Lincolnshire Police.
Most Significant 3-Year Increases in Crime Types
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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 0.66 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Vehicle Crime CrimeRate Index was 0.36 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 83% over this timeframe.
Robbery offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.80 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Robbery CrimeRate Index was 0.22 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 264% over this timeframe.
Criminal Damage and Arson offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 1.04 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Criminal Damage and Arson CrimeRate Index was 0.81 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 28% over this timeframe.
Most Significant 3-Year Decreases in Crime Types
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Calculated with the same methodology as the largest increases section above.
Drugs offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.57 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Drugs CrimeRate Index was 1.05 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 46% 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.
Shoplifting offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.85 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Shoplifting CrimeRate Index was 0.92 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 8% over this timeframe.
Crime Type Breakdown & Heat Map
Lincolnshire Police • 12 Months Ending April 2026
Size and colour reflect the CrimeRate Index figures for each type of crime.
Lincolnshire Police | National | ||||||||
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| Crime Type | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | |||
| Anti-Social Behaviour | 16,498 | 19.37 | 1.37 | 941,224 | 14.13 | 1.00 | |||
| Bicycle Theft | 563 | 0.66 | 0.90 | 48,449 | 0.73 | 1.00 | |||
| Burglary | 2,419 | 2.83 | 0.90 | 208,612 | 3.13 | 1.00 | |||
| Criminal Damage and Arson | 5,428 | 6.37 | 1.01 | 418,651 | 6.28 | 1.00 | |||
| Drugs | 1,211 | 1.41 | 0.46 | 205,214 | 3.09 | 1.00 | |||
| Other Crime | 1,798 | 2.11 | 1.14 | 124,230 | 1.85 | 1.00 | |||
| Other Theft | 3,707 | 4.35 | 0.76 | 378,146 | 5.69 | 1.00 | |||
| Possession of Weapons | 465 | 0.53 | 0.62 | 56,620 | 0.85 | 1.00 | |||
| Public Order | 4,111 | 4.82 | 0.83 | 386,297 | 5.80 | 1.00 | |||
| Robbery | 549 | 0.64 | 0.54 | 78,386 | 1.18 | 1.00 | |||
| Shoplifting | 6,512 | 7.64 | 1.07 | 475,025 | 7.13 | 1.00 | |||
| Theft From the Person | 114 | 0.13 | 0.08 | 103,505 | 1.55 | 1.00 | |||
| Vehicle Crime | 2,132 | 2.51 | 0.58 | 287,068 | 4.30 | 1.00 | |||
| Violence and Sexual Offences | 25,161 | 29.51 | 0.97 | 2,024,722 | 30.40 | 1.00 | |||
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Total Crime by Year
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| Year | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | |||
| 2026 | 54,170 | 63.51 | 0.88 | 4,794,925 | 71.98 | 1.00 | |||
| 2025 | 55,288 | 65.57 | 0.89 | 4,892,734 | 74.03 | 1.00 | |||
| 2024 | 54,318 | 65.02 | 0.86 | 4,937,620 | 75.43 | 1.00 | |||
| 2023 | 59,156 | 71.49 | 0.90 | 5,115,763 | 79.01 | 1.00 | |||
| 2022 | 56,203 | 68.86 | 0.90 | 4,922,645 | 76.81 | 1.00 | |||
| 2021 | 50,539 | 62.46 | 0.91 | 4,369,811 | 68.57 | 1.00 | |||
| 2020 | 59,360 | 73.76 | 0.99 | 4,707,683 | 74.16 | 1.00 | |||
| 2019 | 55,054 | 68.77 | 0.90 | 4,824,370 | 76.25 | 1.00 | |||
| 2018 | 40,535 | 50.95 | 0.72 | 4,484,151 | 71.12 | 1.00 | |||
| 2017 | 36,561 | 46.33 | 0.72 | 4,011,470 | 63.94 | 1.00 | |||
| 2016 | 11,383 | 14.45 | 0.76 | 1,195,221 | 19.07 | 1.00 | |||
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Lincolnshire Police: Major Towns & Cities Compared
| Town / City | Crime Count | Crime Rate | CrimeRate Index | ||||||
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| Skegness | 3,453 | 149.49 | 2.09 | ||||||
| Gainsborough | 3,040 | 130.89 | 1.86 | ||||||
| Boston | 4,193 | 110.99 | 1.55 | ||||||
| Lincoln | 12,370 | 103.38 | 1.44 | ||||||
| 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 | ||||||
| Stamford | 1,128 | 49.55 | 0.72 | ||||||
| Bourne | 890 | 43.75 | 0.65 | ||||||
| North Hykeham | 684 | 35.68 | 0.55 | ||||||
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Lincolnshire Police Stations
| Police Station Name | Police Station Address | Description & Opening Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Birchwood CPO | HU1 & HU2, Birchwood Shopping Centre, Jasmine Road, LN6 0QB | Monday to Friday, 10am to 2pm |
| Boston | Lincoln Lane, Boston, PE21 8QS | Monday to Saturday, 8am to 6pm Sunday and bank holidays, 10am to 4pm |
| Bourne | West Street, Bourne, PE10 9PD | Tuesday and Thursday, 9am to 5pm |
| Gainsborough | Morton Road, Gainsborough, DN21 2SY | Monday to Friday, 9am to 12.30pm and 1pm to 5pm |
| Grantham | Swingbridge Road, Grantham, NG31 7XT | Monday to Saturday, 8am to 6pm Sunday and bank holidays, 10am to 4pm |
| Lincoln South Park | South Park Avenue, Lincoln, LN5 8EL | Monday to Saturday, 8am to 6pm Sunday and bank holidays, 10am to 4pm |
| Louth | Eastfield Road, Louth, LN11 7AN | Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm |
| Mablethorpe | Mayflower Way/High Street, Mablethorpe, LN12 1EH | Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm |
| Market Rasen | Linwood Road, Market Rasen, LN8 3QE | Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm |
| Skegness | Park Avenue, Skegness, PE25 1BL | Monday to Saturday, 8am to 6pm Sunday and bank holidays, 10am to 4pm |
| Sleaford | The Hoplands, Boston Road, Sleaford, NG34 7LZ | Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm |
| Spalding | Westlode Street, Spalding, PE11 2AF | Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm |
| Stamford | North Street, Stamford, PE9 1AD | Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 9am to 5pm |