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North Kesteven crime rate and statistics (council area)
Updated October 2026.
Police published 6,725 street-crime records for the North Kesteven council area from September 2025 to August 2026. That is 10.4% more than in the 12 months before. The rate is 56.9 per 1,000 residents counted in the Census 2021, against 93.9 for Lincolnshire Police. A residents-only rate reads high where many people visit. Police locations are approximate.
These figures cover the whole area North Kesteven council runs. Its boundary can differ from the place people call North Kesteven: it can take in other towns and villages, and part of a town can sit in a neighbouring council area.
September 2025 to August 2026. Street-crime records include anti-social behaviour.
Street-crime records
6,725
Latest month (August 2026)
650
Year-on-year
+10.4%
Month-by-month totals
6680
488
Sep
531
Oct
500
Nov
488
Dec
551
Jan
503
Feb
554
Mar
610
Apr
553
May
629
Jun
668
Jul
650
Aug
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Month
Street-crime records
September 2025
488
October 2025
531
November 2025
500
December 2025
488
January 2026
551
February 2026
503
March 2026
554
April 2026
610
May 2026
553
June 2026
629
July 2026
668
August 2026
650
Street-crime records per 1,000 residents
Published street-crime records (including anti-social behaviour), September 2025 to August 2026, per 1,000 usual residents in the Census 2021.
North Kesteven council area
56.9
Lincolnshire Police
93.9
Residents are the Census 2021 usual residents of every postcode the ONS Postcode Directory places in this council area, added up by CrimeMapsUK from the census postcode counts. Records are assigned through the same postcodes, so both numbers cover the same ground. The total can differ slightly from the council's official population.
6,725 records and 118,173 residents. Residents-only rates overstate crime where many people visit who do not live there, such as city centres, stations, and retail parks. Residents are counted at March 2021 while records are current, so areas with many newer homes can read higher.
No England and Wales comparison is shown, because not every force involved has published every month of this window.
Rates cover England and Wales only. Residents: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021 postcode estimates, Open Government Licence v3.0. How rates are built.
Top crime categories
Share of the North Kesteven council area's records in the same trailing window. The black line on each bar marks the England and Wales share for the same months.
Violence and sexual offences39.1%
2,629 records · England and Wales 35.5%
Anti-social behaviour23.2%
1,558 records · England and Wales 15.7%
Criminal damage and arson7.1%
479 records · England and Wales 7.0%
Public order5.9%
398 records · England and Wales 6.9%
Shoplifting5.9%
395 records · England and Wales 8.7%
Other theft5.8%
392 records · England and Wales 6.7%
Burglary3.7%
247 records · England and Wales 3.7%
Vehicle crime3.3%
220 records · England and Wales 5.1%
Where records cluster in the North Kesteven council area
A council area follows the council's boundary (ONS local authority district E07000139), which can differ from the place people call North Kesteven.
Published locations are approximate, and each record counts for the council area of its nearest postcode, using the council codes in the ONS Postcode Directory. Counts near the boundary are indicative.
These are counts of published police records, not all crime, and not a safety score.
Other sites can show a different figure for North Kesteven. These counts include anti-social behaviour, cover the 12 published months shown, and assign each record by its nearest postcode. The rate divides by Census 2021 residents of the same postcodes, not by a later mid-year population estimate.
Districts with a page and at least 5% of their live postcodes in this council area. A district can cross a council boundary, so its page counts records on both sides.