Crime Statistics for Canwick, North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Canwick in September 2024. There were a total of 328 incidents. 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 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 Crime135
Shoplifting51
Anti Social Behaviour48
Criminal Damage Arson22
Public Order21
Other Theft15
Drugs14
Other Crime8
Possession Of Weapons6
Vehicle Crime2
Bicycle Theft2
Burglary2
Theft From The Person2
All Crime328

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 Canwick. 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 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)444
Boultham (1.24 miles)376
Ermine (2.56 miles)343
Canwick294
Boultham Moor (1.96 miles)242
Birchwood (3.1 miles)99
North Hykeham (3.1 miles)69
Washingborough (2.55 miles)24
Heighington (3.1 miles)22
Cherry Willingham (3.61 miles)20

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
Canwick135
New Boultham131
Boultham120
Ermine116
Boultham Moor75
Birchwood42
North Hykeham31
Heighington12
Washingborough6
Cherry Willingham6

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 Brant Road.

Last updated: September 2024
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