Crime in South Holland: statistics, rates and trends

Violence and sexual offences (3,030), anti-social behaviour (1,860) and criminal damage and arson (625) made up 70% of all recorded crime. Its crime rate ranks 182nd of the 302 districts covered by this site (1 = highest), in the lower half.

Recorded crime in South Holland peaked in the year to August 2021 (8,177 crimes) and was lowest in the year to August 2018 (6,590). Between the years to August 2018 and 2026 it rose 20%, while across England and Wales it fell 4%.

Month by month

No category with at least 20 crimes was notably above the England and Wales rate, and robbery (76% below) and drugs (67% below) were well below it. On the year before, vehicle crime rose from 296 to 377 and anti-social behaviour rose from 1,510 to 1,860, while bicycle theft fell from 64 to 51 and drugs fell from 132 to 107.

What each category covers: crime categories.

6,007 crimes, excluding fraud, were recorded by the police in South Holland in the year ending March 2026, according to the Home Office's police recorded crime statistics. That is 60.5 per 1,000 residents, lower than the England and Wales rate of 83.2. Among the 272 districts of England and Wales with a figure for that year, South Holland had the 85th lowest rate (the street-level ranking above is among the 302 districts with street-level pages on this site, over the 12 months to August 2026).

No change on the year or longer series is given for South Holland: comparable figures start in the year ending March 2026, because the share of crimes in the Lincolnshire Police area not assigned to a district moved from 1.7% in the year ending March 2025 to 0.1% in the year ending March 2026, which changes district totals without any change in crime.

Offences recorded in South Holland, the year ending March 2026

The largest category was violence without injury, with 1,060 offences (18% of the total). Relative to England and Wales, rates were highest for arson (1.5 times the national rate). Rates were lowest relative to the national rate for robbery of personal property (0.25 times), possession of drugs (0.28 times) and trafficking of drugs (0.35 times).

Districts in the Lincolnshire Police area, the year ending March 2026

Of the 7 districts in the Lincolnshire Police area with a figure for the year ending March 2026, South Holland had the 3rd lowest rate.

Source: Home Office police recorded crime and outcomes open data tables (released 23 July 2026), gov.uk, Open Government Licence v3.0. Financial years, excluding fraud; how they differ from the street-level figures: methodology.

3 of the 8 nearest districts have a higher crime rate than South Holland; the highest is Peterborough district (125.9 per 1,000) and the lowest Rutland (47.1).

Of the 30 areas within South Holland, Spalding Castle had the highest crime rate (288.8 per 1,000) and Spalding Monks House the lowest (42.4), 7 times apart.

The 10 locations below account for 16% of the crime recorded in South Holland over the 12 months to August 2026; the most were recorded at “Supermarket” (227).

Of the 6,039 crimes in South Holland with a recorded outcome, 33% ended with the investigation complete and no suspect identified, against 35% across England and Wales; 3.8% were awaiting a court outcome (England and Wales: 5.2%). The 1,860 anti-social behaviour reports have no outcome and are left out.

South Holland has an estimated population of 99,298 (ONS, mid-2024). Compared with England and Wales it has fewer students (3.9%, against 7.9%), fewer households without a car (13%, against 23%) and fewer residents with Level 4 qualifications or above (20%, against 34%). On the England IoD 2025, the small areas (LSOAs) that make up South Holland average decile 4.9 (1 = most deprived), close to the middle.

Police-recorded crime from data.police.uk (September 2017 to August 2026), ONS population estimates and Census 2021. Definitions and limitations: methodology.