Crime Statistics for Waltham, North East Lincolnshire, 2024

Crime statistics for Waltham, Waltham

There were a total of 21 street level crime incidents in Waltham 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 Waltham, 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 Crime13
Other Crime2
Burglary2
Shoplifting1
Anti Social Behaviour1
Public Order1
Criminal Damage Arson1
All Crime21

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 Waltham. 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 Waltham

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Littlefield (3.1 miles)379
Grange (3.17 miles)236
Nunsthorpe (2.56 miles)196
Laceby Acres (3.1 miles)44
Waltham21
Holton-le-Clay (1.39 miles)16
Ashby cum Fenby (1.96 miles)3
Ashby Hill (2.24 miles)3
Brigsley (1.39 miles)2
Barnoldby le Beck (1.86 miles)1

3.23%
of Waltham residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Waltham?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Littlefield173
Grange116
Nunsthorpe99
Laceby Acres27
Waltham13
Holton-le-Clay7
Brigsley2
Ashby cum Fenby1
Ashby Hill1
Barnoldby le Beck0

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

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 Waltham 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 Waltham compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1East Marsh96
2West Marsh95
3South92
4Park87
5Heneage86
6Yarborough63
7Scartho22
8Humberston and New Waltham21
9Waltham16
10Tetney13
11Holton-le-Clay & North Thoresby6

Which road in Waltham has the highest level of crime?

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

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