Crime Statistics for Dorrington, North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, 2024

Crime statistics for Dorrington, North Kesteven

There were a total of 10 street level crime incidents in Dorrington in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Other Crime.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Dorrington, 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 Crime4
Other Crime2
Shoplifting2
Other Theft1
Public Order1
All Crime10

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 Dorrington. 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 Dorrington

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Holdingham (3.34 miles)31
Ruskington (1.39 miles)15
Dorrington10
Leasingham (2.78 miles)9
Blankney (5.01 miles)6
Evedon (3.34 miles)4
Anwick (2.77 miles)3
Cranwell (3.1 miles)1
North Rauceby (4.85 miles)1
Rowston (2.56 miles)0

6.22%
of Ashby de la Launde and Cranwell residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Dorrington?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Ruskington9
Holdingham7
Dorrington4
Blankney3
Anwick2
Leasingham1
Evedon1
Cranwell0
North Rauceby0
Rowston0

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

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 Dorrington 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 Dorrington compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Sleaford Navigation43
2Sleaford Westholme36
3Sleaford Castle30
4Sleaford Holdingham17
5Ruskington6
6Heckington Rural4
7Cliff Villages4
8Sleaford Quarrington and Mareham3
9Kirkby la Thorpe and South Kyme3
10Ashby de la Launde and Cranwell1
11Leasingham and Rauceby0

Which road in Dorrington has the highest level of crime?

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

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