Crime Statistics for Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, 2024

Crime statistics for Grimsby, Grimsby

There were a total of 681 street level crime incidents in Grimsby in January 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 Grimsby, 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 Crime265
Criminal Damage Arson81
Shoplifting75
Public Order64
Anti Social Behaviour43
Other Theft41
Burglary32
Vehicle Crime18
Bicycle Theft17
Other Crime17
Drugs11
Robbery7
Possession Of Weapons7
Theft From The Person3
All Crime681

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 Grimsby. 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 Grimsby

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Grant Thorold (0.62 miles)728
Grimsby681
Holme Hill681
Littlefield (0.88 miles)337
Grange (1.39 miles)236
Old Clee (1.39 miles)194
Nunsthorpe (1.75 miles)177
Little Coates (1.96 miles)127
Great Coates (2.55 miles)70
Laceby Acres (2.77 miles)24

7.87%
of Heneage residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Grimsby?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Grant Thorold282
Grimsby265
Holme Hill265
Littlefield161
Grange116
Old Clee110
Nunsthorpe74
Little Coates60
Great Coates45
Laceby Acres9

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

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 Grimsby 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 Grimsby compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Grimsby and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Grimsby is ranked #6.

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

Which road in Grimsby has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
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