Crime Statistics for Boston, Lincolnshire, 2024

Crime statistics for Boston, Boston

There were a total of 371 street level crime incidents in Boston 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 Boston, 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 Crime120
Shoplifting97
Anti Social Behaviour50
Criminal Damage Arson36
Other Theft14
Drugs14
Burglary11
Public Order10
Bicycle Theft8
Other Crime5
Vehicle Crime4
Robbery1
Possession Of Weapons1
All Crime371

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 Boston. 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 Boston

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Boston371
Frampton West End (2.63 miles)7
Haltoft End (1.96 miles)6
Freiston (2.48 miles)4
Fishtoft (2.24 miles)4
Boston Long Hedges (2.24 miles)2
Anton’s Gowt (2.63 miles)1
Frith Bank (2.24 miles)1
Hobhole Drain (2.61 miles)1
Boston West (2.55 miles)0

37.13%
of Trinity (Boston) residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Boston?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Boston120
Frampton West End3
Haltoft End3
Freiston3
Fishtoft2
Hobhole Drain1
Boston Long Hedges0
Anton’s Gowt0
Frith Bank0
Boston West0

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

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 Boston 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 Boston compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Boston and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Boston is ranked #6.

#WardScore
1Station66
2Fenside62
3Witham59
4Skirbeck49
5St Thomas'42
6Trinity36
7Staniland25
8Kirton and Frampton19
9Coastal14
10Fishtoft13
11West5

Which road in Boston has the highest level of crime?

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

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