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Crime in LN4 1AE

How much crime is recorded in LN4 1AE, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.

Neighbourhood
Metheringham, Nocton & Potterhanworth
Council
North Kesteven
Region
East Midlands
Neighbourhood population
1,698 (2024)
Crime

How safe is LN4 1AE

Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 15.3 offences per 1,000 people a year in the LN4 1AE area, less than half the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 4 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.

Higher-harm crime band
4/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime

Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.

Higher-harm
15.3
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
28
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
By type

What crime is recorded

Recorded offences per 1,000 people a year (counting both residents and people who work locally, or per 1,000 households for burglary).

LN4 1AENational
Violence and sexual offences11.223.6
Burglary8.09.1
Anti-social behaviour6.410.7
Criminal damage and arson2.34.7
Other theft2.34.5
Other crime1.51.5
Vehicle crime1.13.5
Public order0.54.6
Possession of weapons0.40.9
Trend

Higher-harm crime over time

The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.

Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
2022202320242025

Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.

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