The police recorded 133 crimes per 1,000 people a year in Cleethorpes from September 2023 to August 2026, 1.7 times the typical town's 76.2. The most common was violence and sexual offences, at 59.4. In the 12 months to August 2026 it was 142, up from 123 in the 12 months to August 2024.