Crime and Safety in Louth
Last updated: 07 Jun 2026
Louth is the third most dangerous small town in Lincolnshire, and is the 46th most dangerous overall out of Lincolnshire's 563 towns, villages, and cities. The overall crime rate in Louth in 2026 is 67 crimes per 1,000 people. This compares favourably to Lincolnshire's overall crime rate, coming in 9% lower than the Lincolnshire rate of 73 per 1,000 daytime population. For England, Wales, and Northern Ireland as a whole, Louth is the 92nd most dangerous small town, and the 689th most dangerous location out of all towns, cities, and villages.
In April 2026, Louth was the worst small town in Lincolnshire for anti-social behaviour, with 92 crimes reported and a crime rate of 4.6 per 1,000 daytime population. April 2025 was also a bad month for Louth residents, when it was Lincolnshire's most dangerous small town for theft from the person, recording 1 crime at a rate of 0.05 per 1,000 daytime population.
The most common crimes in Louth are violence and sexual offences, with 670 offences during 2026, giving a crime rate of 34. This is 1.4% higher than 2025's figure of 661 offences and a difference of 0.38 from 2025's crime rate of 34. Louth's least common crime is theft from the person, with 0 offences recorded in 2026, a decrease of 0% from 2025's figure of 1 crime.
Louth 2026 Crime Scorecard
Third Most Dangerous
Small Towns, Lincolnshire
4.6% lower, regional crime rate
East Midlands
7% lower, national crime rate
England, Wales & NI
Local Crime in Context
As of April 2026, the crime rate in Louth is 4.6% lower than the East Midlands and 7% lower than the England, Wales & Northern Ireland overall figure.
Louth Crime Rate Over Time
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Louth Crime Map
Incidents mapped in Louth 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 Louth's crime statistics
This crime profile provides a detailed view of crime and safety around Louth up to April 2026, the most recent data release available. The crime figures and statistics have been calculated across each of Louth's 579 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.
CrimeRate Insights
Looking into a specific address in Louth? CrimeRate Insights reports convert raw numbers into practical insight for any location, from single addresses and postcodes, up to major towns and cities.
Crime rates don’t happen by themselves; they follow people and patterns. Where crowds gather - near pubs and late-night venues, around the station, by supermarkets and forecourts - incidents naturally concentrate.
That doesn’t mean an area is "bad"; it usually means footfall is higher.
Your report explores these factors in a calm, non-judgemental way, putting the numbers in context and helping you spot what’s typical for places like this.
Crime Risk Scores
Louth • 12 Months Ending April 2026
The typical five-minute walk within Louth has a crime risk score of 638. This is based on analysis of 579 nearby areas within Louth, 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 Louth's risk scores as, for example, robbery, or violence & sexual offences.
Within a five-minute walk of the typical location in Louth, crime risk scores are typically around 638, while in Lincolnshire they are average 499.
Areas within a ten-minute walk typically see crime risk scores of 672 (475 for Lincolnshire), and scores within a fifteen-minute walk are most often around 642 (Lincolnshire 473).
Trends in Crime Risk
Louth
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.
No trend could be found in Louth's crime risk scores over the last 10 years, and the trend may well be static.
The five-year trend may be static; no significant trend was identified in Louth's crime risk scores during this timeframe.
Over the last year, Louth's crime risk score has shown an upward trend of approximately 4.6%, 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
Louth
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
Louth • 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 9.18 reports per 1,000 people in Louth, which is 1.29 times the national average. This figure is calculated from 181 crime reports logged by Lincolnshire Police during the 12-month period ending April 2026.
For the same period, Lincolnshire Police recorded 143 reports of Criminal Damage and Arson in Louth, resulting in a crime rate of 7.27 reports per 1,000, and a CrimeRate Index of 1.16.
The crime rate for Violence and Sexual Offences is 1.12 times the national average at 34 reports per 1,000. This is from 670 crime reports reported to Lincolnshire Police.
Most Significant 3-Year Increases in Crime Types
Louth
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.
Shoplifting offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 1.53 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Shoplifting CrimeRate Index was 0.94 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 63% over this timeframe.
Violence and Sexual Offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 1.41 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Violence and Sexual Offences CrimeRate Index was 0.92 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 53% over this timeframe.
Vehicle Crime offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.29 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Vehicle Crime CrimeRate Index was 0.23 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 26% over this timeframe.
Most Significant 3-Year Decreases in Crime Types
Louth
Calculated with the same methodology as the largest increases section above.
Drugs offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.43 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Drugs CrimeRate Index was 0.76 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 43% over this timeframe.
Burglary offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.63 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Burglary CrimeRate Index was 1.03 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 39% over this timeframe.
Robbery offences are trending downwards, though the CrimeRate Index three years ago is too low to measure, and the trend should be reviewed with caution.
Crime Type Breakdown & Heat Map
Louth • 12 Months Ending April 2026
Size and colour reflect the CrimeRate Index figures for each type of crime.
Louth | Lincolnshire | East Midlands | |||||||
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| Crime Type | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index |
| Anti-Social Behaviour | 613 | 31.14 | 2.20 | 19,781 | 16.43 | 1.16 | 82,288 | 14.84 | 1.05 |
| Bicycle Theft | 6 | 0.30 | 0.77 | 956 | 0.79 | 1.08 | 3,605 | 0.66 | 0.90 |
| Burglary | 42 | 2.11 | 0.67 | 4,138 | 3.43 | 1.10 | 16,428 | 2.97 | 0.95 |
| Criminal Damage and Arson | 143 | 7.27 | 1.16 | 9,068 | 7.54 | 1.20 | 36,709 | 6.63 | 1.06 |
| Drugs | 11 | 0.55 | 0.36 | 2,264 | 1.88 | 0.61 | 14,102 | 2.53 | 0.82 |
| Other Crime | 38 | 1.90 | 1.03 | 2,993 | 2.51 | 1.36 | 11,549 | 2.09 | 1.13 |
| Other Theft | 83 | 4.22 | 0.74 | 5,910 | 4.91 | 0.86 | 28,010 | 5.03 | 0.88 |
| Possession of Weapons | 5 | 0.25 | 0.83 | 823 | 0.67 | 0.79 | 5,077 | 0.92 | 1.08 |
| Public Order | 93 | 4.74 | 0.82 | 7,245 | 6.02 | 1.04 | 33,621 | 6.06 | 1.04 |
| Robbery | 9 | 0.45 | 0.65 | 932 | 0.75 | 0.64 | 5,222 | 0.95 | 0.81 |
| Shoplifting | 181 | 9.18 | 1.29 | 10,547 | 8.77 | 1.23 | 41,773 | 7.51 | 1.05 |
| Theft From the Person | - | - | - | 195 | 0.13 | 0.08 | 2,834 | 0.51 | 0.33 |
| Vehicle Crime | 36 | 1.80 | 0.46 | 3,526 | 2.94 | 0.68 | 20,391 | 3.67 | 0.85 |
| Violence and Sexual Offences | 670 | 34.05 | 1.12 | 39,656 | 32.96 | 1.08 | 169,276 | 30.51 | 1.00 |
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Total Crime by Year
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| Year | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index |
| 2026 | 1,317 | 66.82 | 1.00 | 88,253 | 73.30 | 1.02 | 388,597 | 70.04 | 0.97 |
| 2025 | 1,452 | 74.52 | 1.05 | 89,282 | 74.88 | 1.01 | 391,366 | 71.16 | 0.96 |
| 2024 | 1,254 | 64.89 | 0.91 | 89,685 | 75.92 | 1.01 | 401,136 | 73.81 | 0.98 |
| 2023 | 1,491 | 78.23 | 1.03 | 93,738 | 79.88 | 1.01 | 420,118 | 78.15 | 0.99 |
| 2022 | 1,382 | 73.50 | 1.00 | 88,095 | 75.83 | 0.99 | 404,389 | 76.27 | 0.99 |
| 2021 | 1,235 | 66.43 | 1.02 | 80,226 | 69.59 | 1.01 | 361,494 | 68.61 | 1.00 |
| 2020 | 1,397 | 75.65 | 1.07 | 93,009 | 81.07 | 1.09 | 388,888 | 74.15 | 1.00 |
| 2019 | 1,349 | 73.46 | 1.00 | 89,834 | 78.51 | 1.03 | 375,243 | 71.88 | 0.94 |
| 2018 | 941 | 51.82 | 0.76 | 71,582 | 62.67 | 0.88 | 331,940 | 64.14 | 0.90 |
| 2017 | 835 | 46.70 | 0.76 | 66,002 | 58.18 | 0.91 | 297,381 | 58.03 | 0.91 |
| 2016 | 263 | 14.76 | 0.82 | 19,924 | 17.62 | 0.92 | 87,914 | 17.17 | 0.90 |
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Louth Compared to Nearby Small Towns
12 Months Ending Apr 2026
| Small Town | Total Crimes | Crime Rate | Rate Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skegness | 3,453 | 149.49 | 124% more dangerous |
| Gainsborough | 3,040 | 130.89 | 96% more dangerous |
| Immingham | 844 | 78.44 | 17% more dangerous |
| Louth | 1,317 | 66.82 | - |
| Mablethorpe and Sutton | 853 | 66.24 | 0.87% safer |
| Holbeach | 791 | 61.50 | 8% safer |
| Sleaford | 1,443 | 62.65 | 6% safer |
| Barton-upon-Humber | 606 | 51.59 | 23% safer |
| Stamford | 1,128 | 49.55 | 26% safer |
| Bottesford | 427 | 39.86 | 40% safer |
| Bourne | 890 | 43.75 | 35% safer |
| North Hykeham | 684 | 35.68 | 47% safer |
Comparing Louth to the UK's Major Cities
12 Months Ending Apr 2026
| City Name | Crime Rate | Rate Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Louth | 66.82 | - |
| Cardiff | 79.55 | 19% more dangerous |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | 82.69 | 24% more dangerous |
| Sheffield | 84.09 | 26% more dangerous |
| Leicester | 97.87 | 46% more dangerous |
| Bristol | 104.64 | 57% more dangerous |
| Birmingham | 105.05 | 57% more dangerous |
| Liverpool | 106.48 | 59% more dangerous |
| Leeds | 107.10 | 60% more dangerous |
| Nottingham | 107.74 | 61% more dangerous |
| Westminster | 125.00 | 87% more dangerous |
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Offences In and Around Louth's Parks & Leisure Spaces
Limited to spaces in Louth that are named and have had crimes recorded within their boundaries in the 12 months to Apr 2026.
| Name | ASB | Drugs | Public Order | Robbery | VSO | All Others |
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| Westgate Fields | 8 | - | 1 | - | 5 | 4 |
| Magna Vitae Meridian Leisure Centre | 49 | - | 2 | 1 | 14 | 9 |
| Louth Athletics Club | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| St Mary's Burial Ground | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Spout Yard Park | 19 | - | 2 | - | 10 | 3 |
| London Road Cemetery | 5 | - | - | - | 7 | 2 |
Recent Crimes in Louth
The 20 most recent crime reports in Louth.
| Date | Crime Type | Location | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | On or near Further/Higher Educational Building | |
| April 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | On or near St Bernards Close | |
| April 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | On or near Lavender Way | |
| April 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | On or near Bee Orchid Way | |
| April 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | On or near Wintringham Way | |
| April 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | On or near Wellington Street | |
| April 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | On or near Orme Lane | |
| April 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | On or near Further/Higher Educational Building | |
| April 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | On or near Further/Higher Educational Building | |
| April 2026 | Burglary | On or near Little Crowtree Lane | |
| April 2026 | Public order | On or near Beckside Court | |
| April 2026 | Shoplifting | On or near Shopping Area | |
| April 2026 | Shoplifting | On or near Shopping Area | |
| April 2026 | Vehicle crime | On or near Bee Orchid Way | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Camellia Grove | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Camellia Grove | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Camellia Grove | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Camellia Grove | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Further/Higher Educational Building | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Wellington Street |
Methodology & Data Sources
Louth Crime Report
Data Sources & Processing
Every month, CrimeRate processes crime reports from data.police.uk, the UK's official provider of open crime report data. Each crime report includes anonymised coordinates, most often "snapped" to the middle of the nearest street, or to the nearest major landmark. The reports also include the month and year the crime was reported, as well as the type of crime.
Data releases on data.police.uk happen once a month, with a two-month delay. This means that, for example, crimes reported in Louth during June 2026 will typically become available in August 2026. The latest release is for Apr 2026 and was released in Jun 2026. To provide current and historical crime statistics, CrimeRate processed 61,669,232 crime reports for the latest release.
Louth Data Points
For Louth, CrimeRate uses the geographic boundaries provided by The Office for National Statistics in the December 2023 release of their Parishes and Non Civil Parished Areas dataset, using the PARNCP23CD column value E04005681.
Due to the 2021 Census being conducted during a UK-wide Coronavirus lockdown, the daytime population figures released so far cannot be relied on for purposes such as comparing crime rates. Instead, CrimeRate uses Louth's daytime - or "workday" - population of 17,301 from the ONS 2011 Census for calculations throughout the site.
All geographic boundaries use the full resolution - extent of the realm versions where provided to avoid missing crime reports near coastlines and rivers - the banks of the Thames in particular - that would otherwise not be included when using the clipped to the coastline datasets.
Calculating Crime Rates
CrimeRate locates the UK region, county, and town/city/village locality for each crime report, and calculates the crime rate by taking the sum of all crime reports, dividing it by the locality's daytime / "workday" population, and multiplying the result by 1,000 to get the crime rate per 1,000.
Crime Risk Score Calculations
CrimeRate calculates crime counts for local, nearby, and wider areas for every postcode in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. The postcodes locations are deduplicated by a process that ensures distinct points are approximately 50 metres apart. This process removes the bias that would otherwise come from counting the same crimes several times in heavily populated areas.
Using a custom algorithm developed in-house, CrimeRate applies a crime severity weighting to each area's crime counts, based on the type of crime reported. This increases or decreases the crime count, or zeroes it out entirely, depending on the crime type. A separate crime severity rate is then calculated, standardised, and scaled to fit the crime risk score range of 1 to 1,000, with 1 being the lowest score, and 1,000 the highest.
Crime risk scores undergo further analysis per town, city, and village plus other areas including police forces and neighbourhoods. CrimeRate uses percentiles to work out the most common range of crime risk scores in each locality. This includes identifying the high and low bounds where approximately 68% of scores fall, and finding the median (50th percentile) for easy reference.
The crime types with a weight of zero are: Anti-Social Behaviour; Bicycle Theft; Other Crime; Other Theft; and Shoplifting. The highest weights to are assigned to Violence & Sexual Offences, and the lowest to Vehicle Crime.
Frequently Asked Questions
Crime in Louth