Crime Statistics for Canwick, North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, 2024

Crime statistics for Canwick, North Kesteven

There were a total of 205 street level crime incidents in Canwick in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Public Order.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Canwick, 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 Crime88
Public Order25
Drugs21
Anti Social Behaviour18
Shoplifting16
Criminal Damage Arson11
Other Theft7
Burglary5
Other Crime5
Robbery4
Vehicle Crime3
Possession Of Weapons2
All Crime205

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 Canwick. 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 Canwick

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

LocationCrime Incidents
New Boultham (1.39 miles)434
Boultham (1.24 miles)326
Ermine (2.56 miles)286
Canwick205
Boultham Moor (1.96 miles)199
Birchwood (3.1 miles)88
North Hykeham (3.1 miles)78
Cherry Willingham (3.61 miles)18
Washingborough (2.55 miles)10
Heighington (3.1 miles)4

7.66%
of Witham (Lincoln) residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Canwick?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Canwick 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
Cherry Willingham8
Washingborough5
Heighington4

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

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 Canwick 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 Canwick compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Canwick and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Canwick is ranked #8.

#WardScore
1Park66
2Minster64
3Moorland62
4Boultham59
5Carholme56
6Abbey55
7Castle52
8Witham35
9Hartsholme32
10Bracebridge Heath and Waddington East9
11Waddington West6

Which road in Canwick has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Canwick 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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