Crap Towns / Louth / Crime

How much crime is there in Louth?

The police recorded 79.9 crimes per 1,000 people a year in Louth from September 2023 to August 2026, about the same as the typical town's 76.2. The most common was violence and sexual offences, at 40.3. In the 12 months to August 2026 it was 81.7, up from 74.9 in the 12 months to August 2024.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
September 2023 to August 2024	74.9	78.6
September 2024 to August 2025	83.0	77.4
September 2025 to August 2026	81.7	73.7

**By type**
Crime	Here	Typical town
Violence and sexual offences	40.3	34.1
Criminal damage and arson	8.9	7.0
Shoplifting	8.5	7.1
Other theft	5.7	5.4
Public order	5.6	6.6
Burglary	3.2	3.1
Vehicle crime	2.6	3.8
Other crime	2.5	2.0
Drugs	1.1	2.4
Possession of weapons	0.5	0.8
Robbery	0.5	0.6
Bicycle theft	0.4	0.5
Theft from the person	less than 0.1	0.4

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Crimes per 1,000 people a year
Skegness	32.8 km	171
Grimsby	22.8 km	156
Cleethorpes	20.4 km	133
Immingham	31.2 km	86.4
Louth	–	79.9
Mablethorpe	17.0 km	79.0
Horncastle	19.2 km	56.3
Humberston and New Waltham	18.2 km	49.6
Coningsby and Tattershall	32.2 km	44.0
Sutton on Sea and Trusthorpe	20.1 km	41.8
Waltham	17.7 km	31.2
The typical town	–	76.2