Crime Statistics for Boston, Lincolnshire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Boston in September 2024. There were a total of 787 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

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 Crime319
Anti Social Behaviour146
Shoplifting82
Other Theft50
Criminal Damage Arson48
Bicycle Theft32
Public Order26
Drugs22
Vehicle Crime16
Other Crime16
Burglary12
Robbery10
Possession Of Weapons8
All Crime787

Map of street level crime incidents in September 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.

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
Boston645
Frampton West End (2.63 miles)15
Haltoft End (1.96 miles)5
Anton’s Gowt (2.63 miles)4
Boston West (2.55 miles)3
Frith Bank (2.24 miles)2
Boston Long Hedges (2.24 miles)2
Freiston (2.48 miles)2
Fishtoft (2.24 miles)2
Hobhole Drain (2.61 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
Boston319
Frampton West End4
Anton’s Gowt2
Haltoft End1
Boston West1
Freiston1
Frith Bank0
Boston Long Hedges0
Fishtoft0
Hobhole Drain0

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 this marker.

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