Spalding St John's, South Holland: Safety
Safety
Crime rates in Spalding St John's were above the UK average in 2024 and 2025, though they're still well below Spalding Castle. The good news is that 2026 data shows a meaningful improvement.
In 2024, the neighbourhood recorded 85.8 crimes per 1,000 people, just below the UK average of 91.6. This rose to 97.6 in 2025, when the UK average was 88.6. Anti-social behaviour and violent crime made up most of the recorded incidents in both years — a pattern you'll see across similar town-centre neighbourhoods.
The picture's changed in 2026. At 30.3 crimes per 1,000 on a part-year basis, the rate's dropped noticeably and is tracking well below both the UK and East Midlands averages. That's an encouraging sign.
Source: police-recorded crime for Spalding St John's ward (Lincolnshire Police, data.police.uk), Jan 2024–Aug 2026; residents from Census 2021. This summary may predate the latest data release; the table below has the current figures.
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Crime rate comparison
Crimes per 1,000 residents, Jan–Dec 2025. Spalding St John's ward: Lincolnshire Police data via data.police.uk; residents from Census 2021. Averages are for all wards in the area over the same months. Planna's safety index uses the latest 12 months instead, so it can differ.
2024
2025
Jan–Aug 2026
Spalding St John's ward
Crimes/1,000 residents
97.6
Similar to
UK average (England, Wales & N. Ireland)
98.8
Similar to
East Midlands region average
95.9
Neighbouring wards
Higher than
Spalding Wygate
46
Lower than
Spalding Castle
298.5
Higher than
Spalding Monks House
48.1
Lower than
Spalding St Mary's
112
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Types of Crime
Share of police-recorded crimes in Spalding St John's ward and the East Midlands region average, Jan–Dec 2025.
This ward
Regional average
- Violent offences37%36%
- Anti-social behaviour26%18%
- Criminal damage and arson8%8%
- Public order5%7%
- Vehicle crime5%4%
- Drugs4%3%
- Shoplifting4%9%
- Other theft4%6%
- Other crime3%2%
- Burglary3%4%
- Bicycle theft1%1%
- Robbery<1%1%
- Possession of weapons<1%1%
- Theft from the person<1%1%
