Crime Statistics for Canwick, North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Canwick in September 2024. There were a total of 328 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Canwick, 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 Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	135
Shoplifting	51
Anti Social Behaviour	48
Criminal Damage Arson	22
Public Order	21
Other Theft	15
Drugs	14
Other Crime	8
Possession Of Weapons	6
Vehicle Crime	2
Bicycle Theft	2
Burglary	2
Theft From The Person	2
All Crime	328

Map of street level crime incidents in September 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Canwick. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

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 Canwick

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

Location	Crime Incidents
New Boultham (1.39 miles)	450
Boultham (1.24 miles)	376
Ermine (2.56 miles)	343
Canwick	294
Boultham Moor (1.96 miles)	242
Birchwood (3.1 miles)	99
North Hykeham (3.1 miles)	85
Washingborough (2.55 miles)	24
Heighington (3.1 miles)	22
Cherry Willingham (3.61 miles)	20

Where are the most violent places near Canwick?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
New Boultham	156
Canwick	135
Boultham	120
Ermine	116
Boultham Moor	75
Birchwood	42
North Hykeham	39
Washingborough	17
Heighington	12
Cherry Willingham	6

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

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 Canwick 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 Canwick compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Canwick and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Canwick is ranked #8.

#	Ward	Score
1	Park	66
2	Minster	64
3	Moorland	62
4	Boultham	59
5	Carholme	56
6	Abbey	55
7	Castle	52
8	Witham	35
9	Hartsholme	32
10	Bracebridge Heath and Waddington East	9
11	Waddington West	6

Which road in Canwick has the highest level of crime?

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