Crime in Cleethorpes
Recorded crime in Cleethorpes is 1.1 times the North East Lincolnshire average and 1.5 times the England and Wales average. Over 5 years it has risen 10%. Most of the harm comes from violence and sexual offences (assaults, harassment, sexual offences). Police data to August 2026.
Within 1.5 km of the centre of Cleethorpes: about 18,345 residents in 22 neighbourhoods.
- Safety in the UK
- 2/10High crime
- Living
- 7.1/10Good
- 5-year change
- +10%more crimes
- vs the council
- 1.1×the North East Lincolnshire average
Neighbourhoods by Safety
Within 1.5 km of the centre of Cleethorpes.
Crime over 5 years
Up 10% in 5 years Recorded crimes within 1.5 km of Cleethorpes, anti-social behaviour left out.
What is recorded
Crime severity: 1.1× the North East Lincolnshire average (1.5× the England and Wales average). 123 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year.
- Violence and sexual offences (assaults, harassment, sexual offences): 69% of the harm here
- Burglary: 14% of the harm here
- Robbery: 4% of the harm here
"Violence and sexual offences" is 69% of the harm here. It is a broad police category: most of these crimes are assaults without injury, harassment and threats, often indoors between people who know each other, and only a small part are sexual or serious violent offences. Police data does not say which, so each one is weighted at the England and Wales average for the category, which can overstate a quiet residential area.
Anti-social behaviour: 18 incidents per 1,000 residents a year, not scored. Not a crime, so it is not part of the Safety score.
Crimes recorded in North East Lincolnshire (the whole council area)
April 2025 to March 2026, for the whole North East Lincolnshire council area, not only Cleethorpes. Source: Home Office, police recorded crime by community safety partnership.
Humberside Police did not assign 12.4% of the crimes it recorded in 2025/26 to a council area, so these figures are lower than the true count.
| Type | Crimes in 2025/26 | Per 1,000 residents | Change on 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cars stolen | 326 | 2.0 | Up 6% |
| Cars broken into | 275 | 1.7 | Up 32% |
| Vandalism (homes, other buildings and vehicles) | 1,644 | 10.3 | Down 7% |
| Burglary of homes | 499 | 3.1 | Up 5% |
| Homicide (murder and manslaughter) | 0 | - | - |
Under 10 a year: no rate or change, the numbers are too small to compare.
How often crimes lead to a charge in DN35
In DN35, the postcode district at the centre of Cleethorpes, 12% of crimes reported between September 2024 and August 2025 led to someone being charged or summonsed (England and Wales: 9%).
- Charged or summonsed
- Caution or other action
- Suspect found, not prosecuted
- No suspect identified
- Still open
Show as a table
| Type | Crimes | Charged or summonsed | Caution or other action | Suspect found, not prosecuted | No suspect identified | Still open |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences (assaults, harassment, sexual offences) | 1,796 | 9% | 9% | 64% | 11% | 7% |
| Criminal damage and arson (vandalism) | 417 | 7% | 7% | 29% | 54% | 3% |
| Public order | 386 | 11% | 5% | 52% | 29% | 3% |
| Shoplifting | 364 | 42% | 3% | 12% | 41% | 1% |
| Other theft | 192 | 2% | 4% | 38% | 54% | 4% |
| Burglary | 190 | 11% | 1% | 22% | 63% | 3% |
| Vehicle crime (cars stolen and broken into) | 181 | 5% | 1% | 18% | 71% | 5% |
| Other crime | 117 | 7% | 9% | 57% | 17% | 10% |
| Drugs | 69 | 19% | 58% | 14% | 0% | 9% |
| Bicycle theft | 57 | 7% | 0% | 21% | 68% | 4% |
Uses the latest outcome police have recorded so far. 5% of these crimes are still open, so the final figures may be a little higher.
Road collisions
North East Lincolnshire, 2023 to 2025: 339 road collisions a year with someone hurt, 88 of them with someone killed or seriously injured. 13 collisions were fatal in those 3 years.
2.1 a year per 1,000 residents (Great Britain 1.5). 26% of them killed or seriously injured someone (Great Britain 26%).
Collisions on public roads that the police recorded where someone was hurt, counted where they happened, so busy through roads and town centres with few residents come out high. Serious and slight use the Department for Transport's adjusted severity, comparable between police forces. Source: Department for Transport road casualty statistics (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
Crime by type
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents per year, most serious first, not counting anti-social behaviour.
| Type | Per 1,000 a year |
|---|---|
| Robbery | 0.9 |
| Burglary | 7.1 |
| Violence and sexual offences (assaults, harassment, sexual offences) | 54.8 |
| Drugs | 1.8 |
| Possession of weapons (knives and other weapons) | 0.9 |
| Other crime | 3.2 |
| Other theft | 7.6 |
| Theft from the person (pickpocketing, bag snatching) | 0.7 |
| Vehicle crime (cars stolen and broken into) | 6.9 |
| Criminal damage and arson (vandalism) | 16.1 |
| Public order | 12.2 |
| Bicycle theft | 1.6 |
| Shoplifting | 9.1 |
Postcode districts in Cleethorpes
Nearby towns
Council: North East Lincolnshire
Questions about crime in Cleethorpes
- Is Cleethorpes a safe place to live?
- Cleethorpes scores 2 out of 10 for safety (high crime), compared with every neighbourhood in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Crime severity is 1.1 times the North East Lincolnshire average.
- Is crime going up or down in Cleethorpes?
- Up 10% over 5 years, from 2,234 recorded crimes a year to 2,465.
- What is the most common crime in Cleethorpes?
- The most common recorded crime is violence and sexual offences (assaults, harassment, sexual offences), about 55 per 1,000 residents a year.
- How does crime in Cleethorpes compare with North East Lincolnshire?
- Crime severity in Cleethorpes is 1.1 times the North East Lincolnshire average.
- How often does crime lead to a charge in Cleethorpes?
- In DN35, the postcode district at the centre of Cleethorpes, 12% of crimes reported between September 2024 and August 2025 led to someone being charged or summonsed (England and Wales: 9%). 29% were closed without a suspect being identified.
- How many burglaries are solved in Cleethorpes?
- Of 190 burglaries reported in DN35, the postcode district at the centre of Cleethorpes between September 2024 and August 2025, 11% led to someone being charged or summonsed and 63% were closed with no suspect identified.
- How many cars are stolen in Cleethorpes?
- In North East Lincolnshire, the council area Cleethorpes is in, the police recorded 326 cars stolen in 2025/26 (April 2025 to March 2026), 2.0 per 1,000 residents, up 6% on the year before.
- Is vandalism common in Cleethorpes?
- 1,644 acts of vandalism to homes, other buildings and vehicles were recorded in 2025/26, in North East Lincolnshire, the council area Cleethorpes is in, 10.3 per 1,000 residents, 2.1 times the England and Wales average.
- How many murders were there in Cleethorpes last year?
- No homicides (murder or manslaughter) were recorded in 2025/26, in North East Lincolnshire, the council area Cleethorpes is in, against 0 the year before.