Spalding St Paul's, South Holland: Safety
Safety
Crime in Spalding St Paul's is higher than the UK average — 111.5 crimes per 1,000 people in 2025 compared to 88.6 nationally. But there's good news: the total dropped from 685 crimes in 2024 to 625 in 2025.
That's a real improvement. Burglary fell from 32 to 13 cases, and drug offences went down from 15 to 8. These are significant drops.
The neighbourhood performs better than nearby areas. Spalding Castle recorded 302.8 crimes per 1,000 people in 2025, and Moulton, Weston and Cowbit came in at 153.8. St Paul's is noticeably lower than both.
Anti-social behaviour is the most common crime type here. On the positive side, violent crime fell from 303 incidents in 2024 to 245 in 2025.
Source: police-recorded crime for Spalding St Paul'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 Paul'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 Paul's ward
Crimes/1,000 residents
129.8
Higher than
UK average (England, Wales & N. Ireland)
98.8
Higher than
East Midlands region average
95.9
Neighbouring wards
Higher than
Moulton, Weston and Cowbit
51
Lower than
Spalding Castle
298.5
Higher than
Spalding St Mary's
112
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Types of Crime
Share of police-recorded crimes in Spalding St Paul's ward and the East Midlands region average, Jan–Dec 2025.
This ward
Regional average
- Violent offences40%36%
- Anti-social behaviour26%18%
- Other theft6%6%
- Criminal damage and arson6%8%
- Vehicle crime4%4%
- Public order4%7%
- Shoplifting4%9%
- Bicycle theft2%1%
- Other crime2%2%
- Burglary2%4%
- Drugs1%3%
- Robbery1%1%
- Possession of weapons1%1%
