Grantham Town Centre vs Hykeham Rural

Grantham Town Centre has a safety score of 8/100 (High Crime) and recorded 1,983 crimes in the last 12 months. Hykeham Rural has a safety score of 20/100 (High Crime) with 704 crimes. Hykeham Rural scores higher on the CrimeRadar safety index.

Grantham Town Centre shows a year-on-year crime trend of +7.7% — meaning total crimes rose compared to the same period the prior year. Hykeham Rural shows +3.7% (rising). A downward trend is a positive sign for an area.

In Grantham Town Centre, the most recorded crime category over the last 12 months is Violent Crime (510 incidents). In Hykeham Rural, it is Violent Crime (272 incidents). The full breakdown by category is shown in the chart above.

Grantham Town Centre recorded 384 anti-social behaviour incidents in the last 12 months, while Hykeham Rural recorded 162. Anti-social behaviour includes rowdiness, nuisance and disorder that disrupts daily life but may not result in a criminal charge.

Violent crime in Grantham Town Centre totalled 510 incidents over the last 12 months, compared to 272 in Hykeham Rural. Violent crime includes assault with and without injury, harassment, and public order offences.

In the 12 months prior to the most recent period, Grantham Town Centre recorded 1,842 crimes (now 1,983, a change of +7.7%). Hykeham Rural recorded 679 crimes previously (now 704, +3.7%).

The resolution rate is the percentage of recorded crimes that resulted in a formal outcome — such as a charge, caution, penalty notice, or community resolution. Grantham Town Centre has a resolution rate of 41.9% and Hykeham Rural has 21.1%. A higher rate indicates police are more frequently resolving reported crimes in that area.

Grantham Town Centre falls within the Lincolnshire Police boundary. Hykeham Rural is covered by Lincolnshire Police. Each force operates independently and publishes crime data through the national UK Police API.

CrimeRadar uses 36 months of official recorded crime data from the UK Police API, updated each month. The safety score combines crime volume relative to the force average, year-on-year trend direction, and resolution rate. All figures are based on crimes recorded within each police-defined neighbourhood boundary.

Yes — CrimeRadar has individual crime map pages for both Grantham Town Centre and Hykeham Rural. You can view interactive maps, monthly trends and hotspot locations by visiting each neighbourhood's full statistics page linked above.