Crime Statistics for Littlefield, Scartho, Lincolnshire, North East Lincolnshire, 2024

Crime statistics for Littlefield, Scartho

There were a total of 419 street level crime incidents in Littlefield in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Criminal Damage Arson.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Littlefield, 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 Crime197
Criminal Damage Arson44
Public Order42
Shoplifting33
Anti Social Behaviour23
Other Theft18
Bicycle Theft15
Vehicle Crime15
Other Crime11
Burglary10
Drugs5
Possession Of Weapons4
Theft From The Person1
Robbery1
All Crime419

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Littlefield. 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 Littlefield

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Grant Thorold (1.39 miles)795
Grimsby (0.88 miles)740
Holme Hill (0.88 miles)740
Littlefield419
Grange (0.62 miles)240
Old Clee (1.86 miles)234
Nunsthorpe (0.88 miles)193
Little Coates (1.24 miles)164
Freshney (2.02 miles)42
Laceby Acres (1.96 miles)39

7.67%
of South (North East Lincolnshire) residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Littlefield?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Grant Thorold331
Grimsby304
Holme Hill304
Littlefield197
Grange115
Old Clee110
Nunsthorpe99
Little Coates75
Freshney13
Laceby Acres12

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

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 Littlefield 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 Littlefield compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Littlefield and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Littlefield is ranked #3.

#WardScore
1East Marsh96
2West Marsh95
3South92
4Sidney Sussex91
5Park87
6Heneage86
7Yarborough63
8Freshney40
9Scartho22
10Humberston and New Waltham21
11Waltham16

Which road in Littlefield has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: February 2024
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