Crime Statistics for Boultham, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, 2024

Crime statistics for Boultham, Lincoln

There were a total of 326 street level crime incidents in Boultham in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Boultham, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime123
Shoplifting43
Anti Social Behaviour35
Public Order29
Criminal Damage Arson24
Burglary17
Drugs13
Other Theft11
Vehicle Crime10
Other Crime8
Robbery5
Bicycle Theft5
Possession Of Weapons3
All Crime326

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Boultham. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

How grim is your Postcode?

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.



Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Boultham

We've taken the ten nearest places to Boultham and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Boultham has more crime than other surrounding areas.

LocationCrime Incidents
New Boultham (0.62 miles)434
Boultham326
Ermine (2.56 miles)286
Canwick (1.24 miles)205
Boultham Moor (0.88 miles)199
Birchwood (1.86 miles)88
North Hykeham (2.24 miles)78
Washingborough (3.77 miles)10
South Hykeham (3.62 miles)4
Fossdyke Navigation (3.68 miles)1

7.65%
of Hartsholme residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Boultham?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Boultham and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

LocationViolent Incidents
New Boultham161
Boultham123
Ermine120
Canwick88
Boultham Moor68
Birchwood38
North Hykeham29
Washingborough5
Fossdyke Navigation1
South Hykeham0

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Boultham?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Boultham to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Boultham compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Boultham and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Boultham is ranked #7.

#WardScore
1Park66
2Moorland62
3Boultham59
4Carholme56
5Abbey55
6Witham35
7Hartsholme32
8North Hykeham Moor13
9North Hykeham Forum13
10North Hykeham Witham9
11North Hykeham Memorial9

Which road in Boultham has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Boultham with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around this marker.

Last updated: January 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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