Crime Statistics for North Hykeham, North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, 2024

There were a total of 59 street level crime incidents in North Hykeham in February 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 North Hykeham, 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 Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	21
Shoplifting	15
Anti Social Behaviour	15
Other Theft	3
Public Order	3
Criminal Damage Arson	2
All Crime	59

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 North Hykeham. 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 North Hykeham

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

Location	Crime Incidents
New Boultham (2.78 miles)	388
Boultham (2.24 miles)	307
Boultham Moor (1.39 miles)	202
Canwick (3.1 miles)	172
Birchwood (1.96 miles)	80
North Hykeham	59
South Hykeham (1.39 miles)	3
Eagle Barnsdale (3.77 miles)	3
Harmston (3.1 miles)	2
Haddington (2.63 miles)	1

Where are the most violent places near North Hykeham?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
New Boultham	135
Boultham	101
Boultham Moor	71
Canwick	55
Birchwood	36
North Hykeham	21
South Hykeham	2
Haddington	1
Eagle Barnsdale	0
Harmston	0

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

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 North Hykeham 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 North Hykeham compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to North Hykeham and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. North Hykeham is ranked #9.

#	Ward	Score
1	Moorland	62
2	Birchwood	48
3	Witham	35
4	Hartsholme	32
5	North Hykeham Moor	13
6	North Hykeham Forum	13
7	North Hykeham Mill	11
8	Bracebridge Heath and Waddington East	9
9	North Hykeham Witham	9
10	North Hykeham Memorial	9
11	Waddington West	6

Which road in North Hykeham has the highest level of crime?

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