Crime · Lincoln

Reported crime in Lincoln

Name: Lincoln crime statistics
Creator: police.uk
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

17,241 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 157 per 1,000 residents.

Total incidents

17,241

Rate / 1,000

157

By category

Category	Incidents	Share
Violence and sexual offences	5,660	33%
Anti social behaviour	3,919	23%
Shoplifting	2,408	14%
Public order	1,249	7%
Criminal damage and arson	1,140	7%
Other theft	734	4%
Vehicle crime	444	3%
Burglary	397	2%
Other crime	299	2%
Drugs	292	2%
Bicycle theft	290	2%
Robbery	237	1%
Possession of weapons	133	1%
Theft from the person	39	0%

Category by month

Category	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Total
Violence and sexual offences	420	461	433	452	388	415	513	448	495	533	572	530	5660
Anti social behaviour	300	283	291	310	313	236	363	368	375	332	377	371	3919
Shoplifting	228	207	255	175	184	185	207	133	212	184	207	231	2408
Public order	114	101	130	86	77	66	118	98	104	97	115	143	1249
Criminal damage and arson	78	94	106	92	89	80	102	94	84	93	124	104	1140
Other theft	74	63	53	75	43	42	73	71	46	53	77	64	734
Vehicle crime	43	39	38	31	34	29	31	31	26	43	57	42	444
Burglary	33	28	32	28	26	19	33	39	42	29	40	48	397
Other crime	22	29	29	36	26	20	22	27	20	17	23	28	299
Drugs	20	27	21	17	27	13	39	33	23	30	22	20	292
Bicycle theft	21	22	20	17	14	17	16	26	28	20	51	38	290
Robbery	13	12	18	11	13	24	11	27	22	25	25	36	237
Possession of weapons	8	12	6	11	9	9	11	12	6	17	18	14	133
Theft from the person	2	4	1	2	2	2	5	2	2	6	7	4	39
Total	1376	1382	1433	1343	1245	1157	1544	1409	1485	1479	1715	1673	17241

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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Lincoln, Sept 2025 to Aug 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 110,083.