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Overview of South Kesteven crime rate

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South Kesteven boasts a low crime rating, standing 20th among 25 local districts for its crime rate. The district reported 9,867 incidents in 2023, with a population of 143,404, yielding a crime rate of 68.81 per 1,000 residents, which is an 11.79% decrease from the previous year.

The most frequent crimes in South Kesteven include Violence and sexual offences (35.1%), Anti-social behaviour (17.0%), Criminal damage and arson (8.8%), with the least common being Bicycle theft (0.8%), Robbery (0.5%), Theft from the person (0.2%).

Out of 30 wards, Grantham St Wulfram’s (238.5), Stamford St Mary’s (165.1), Grantham St Vincent’s (163.1) had the highest crime rates, while the safest were Grantham Barrowby Gate (30.6), Casewick (28.7), Stamford St John’s (27.0).

Reviewing postcode districts within or overlapping South Kesteven, NG31 (104.2), PE11 (83.8), NG34 (69.6) exhibited higher crime rates, whereas NG32 (47.6), NG13 (45.6), NG23 (36.5) were the safest.

In South Kesteven, there have been significant fluctuations in crime rates over the recent years. The types of crime that have seen an increase include Anti-social behaviour with a rate change of 7.09 in 2020, Other theft with a rate change of 1.53 in 2022, and Violence and sexual offences with a rate change of 3.68 in 2022. Conversely, there was a decrease in Anti-social behaviour with rate changes of -2.43 in 2021, -5.56 in 2022, and -2.06 in 2023, Burglary saw a rate change of -1.71 in 2023, Other theft saw a rate change of -2.21 in 2020, Shoplifting saw a rate change of -2.55 in 2020, and Violence and sexual offences saw rate changes of -4.17 in 2020 and -3.08 in 2023.

South Kesteven crime incidents by crime type

A total of 9867 crime incidents were reported in 2023. Below is the breakdown by crime type.

Violence and sexual offences – 3465 (35.1)%
Anti-social behaviour – 1676 (17.0)%
Criminal damage and arson – 866 (8.8)%
Shoplifting – 850 (8.6)%
Other theft – 739 (7.5)%
Public order – 648 (6.6)%
Burglary – 463 (4.7)%
Vehicle crime – 449 (4.6)%
Drugs – 232 (2.4)%
Other crime – 230 (2.3)%
Possession of weapons – 94 (1.0)%
Bicycle theft – 82 (0.8)%
Robbery – 51 (0.5)%
Theft from the person – 22 (0.2)%

How does South Kesteven compare against nearby areas ?

South Kesteven ranks 20th when compared against 25 nearby boroughs/local administrative districts.

List of nearby boroughs/local administrative districts from high crime rate to low (2023):

Heat map for all nearby areas South Kesteven is compared against

Crime rates in South Kesteven wards

There are 30 wards within South Kesteven. Grantham St Wulfram’s, Stamford St Mary’s, Grantham St Vincent’s has highest crime rate (crime per 1000 residents). Below map shows 2023 crime rates broken down by crime types.

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List of all 30 wards from high crime rate to low.