Crap Towns / Mablethorpe / Crime

How much crime is there in Mablethorpe?

The police recorded 79.0 crimes per 1,000 people a year in Mablethorpe 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 43.3. In the 12 months to August 2026 it was 91.4, up from 77.3 in the 12 months to August 2024.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
September 2023 to August 2024	77.3	78.6
September 2024 to August 2025	68.3	77.4
September 2025 to August 2026	91.4	73.7

**By type**
Crime	Here	Typical town
Violence and sexual offences	43.3	34.1
Criminal damage and arson	8.7	7.0
Other theft	6.2	5.4
Public order	5.4	6.6
Shoplifting	4.4	7.1
Other crime	2.6	2.0
Burglary	2.4	3.1
Vehicle crime	2.4	3.8
Drugs	1.5	2.4
Bicycle theft	0.7	0.5
Possession of weapons	0.7	0.8
Robbery	0.6	0.6
Theft from the person	0.2	0.4

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Crimes per 1,000 people a year
Skegness	22.5 km	171
Grimsby	33.9 km	156
Cleethorpes	30.1 km	133
Immingham	43.3 km	86.4
Louth	17.0 km	79.9
Mablethorpe	–	79.0
Horncastle	28.7 km	56.3
Humberston and New Waltham	28.3 km	49.6
Coningsby and Tattershall	39.2 km	44.0
Sutton on Sea and Trusthorpe	4.9 km	41.8
Waltham	30.5 km	31.2
The typical town	–	76.2