Boston recorded 4,864 crimes within a mile in a year, led by violence and anti-social behaviour, even as the latest quarter fell 13%. We help local shops, bars, depots and port businesses with guarding, patrols and CCTV.
Trusted Protection in Boston
Boston's Police.uk record is weighted towards offences against people and public space. Violence and sexual offences reach 1,627 and anti-social behaviour 1,056, with shoplifting third at 594. The latest three months were 13% lower than a year before, and shoplifting dropped 43%, but volumes remain high. Lincolnshire Police is running Operation MUNDO against violent crime and Operation Belts against burglary, and businesses can add door supervision, retail guards and patrols to their own defences.
Boston Business Profile
Boston's council area has 2,390 registered businesses. Construction is the largest group with 300, then transport and logistics with 295 and agriculture with 265. Transport and logistics firms make up 12.3% of the total, nearly three times the 4.3% British figure, so depots, yards and warehouses are a big part of the local landscape. Gatehouse control, yard guarding and patrols protect vehicles and goods.
Agriculture is also far above average, at 11.1% compared with 4.5%, and farms tend to rely on rural mobile patrols and solar CCTV towers. With 10 construction sites mapped within 5km, builders need site guarding too. Our officers are SIA-licensed, BS 7858 vetted and paid on PAYE, with GPS book-on, digital patrol reports and an in-house 24/7 control room behind them.
Blackfriars Theatre & Arts Centre, the Assembly Rooms and Pirana Nightclub all lie within 5km of Boston. Venues for 200 or more people will be expected to comply with Martyn's Law after its duties begin, and our door and event teams can help operators prepare. What Martyn's Law means for venues.
Sources: Go Security officer network (counts rounded to the nearest 5); ONS UK Business Counts via Nomis; place data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Updated October 2026.
Security Requirements in Boston
Boston's named sites span the Port of Boston and Boston Barrier, Boston Trade Park, Redstone and Riverside industrial estates, and retail at Pescod Square and Boston Shopping Park. Pilgrim Hospital and a rail station serve the town, and there are 49 pubs and bars plus several nightclubs within 5km. Port and estate sites need access control and perimeter patrols, while the town centre's shops and late venues face theft and disorder.
Services in Boston
These services can be booked for a Boston shop, nightclub, warehouse, port business or farm.
Security guarding · Mobile patrols · Key holding · Alarm response · Event security · K9 security · CCTV towers · CCTV monitoring · POD intruder alarms
Crime & Security Data
From September 2025 to August 2026, Police.uk recorded 4,864 crimes within one mile of Boston.
Violence and sexual offences made up 1,627, around a third. Anti-social behaviour followed at 1,056, shoplifting at 594, criminal damage and arson at 322 and public order at 260. Compared with the same months a year earlier, the latest quarter fell 13%. Even so, the scale of anti-social behaviour and violence means late-opening premises benefit from door supervisors, and shops from a uniformed presence.
Source: Police.uk open data, street-level crime within ~1 mile, September 2025 to August 2026. Locations are approximate.
Local Policing
Lincolnshire Police's Boston Town Centre team is running Operation Belts to catch and convict burglars, and Operation MUNDO in response to a rise in violent crime.
Current neighbourhood priorities:
Source: Police.uk neighbourhoods, the policing team whose area covers Boston.
Areas We Cover Near Boston
Holbeach is 12 miles from Boston, Spalding 14 miles and Sleaford 16 miles. We also cover the other towns in the list below.
Postcodes We Cover in Boston
The 3 postcode districts nearest central Boston, covering parts of Boston, North Kesteven, South Holland and East Lindsey.
Nearest first. Source: ONS postcode data via postcodes.io. Need another postcode? Check coverage.
Boston Security FAQs
Yes. The Assembly Rooms, Pirana Nightclub and Inferno are among the venues within 5km, alongside 49 pubs and bars. Our SIA-licensed door supervisors manage entry and keep detailed incident logs.
Transport and logistics makes up 12.3% of Boston businesses, against 4.3% nationally. We provide gatehouse control, yard and warehouse guarding and mobile patrols, all tracked through our 24/7 control room.
Shoplifting fell 43% on the previous year but still reached 594 offences within a mile. Uniformed retail officers at Pescod Square, Boston Shopping Park or on the high street help deter theft.
The Port of Boston, Boston Trade Park and the Redstone and Riverside estates are within 5km. Static guarding, access control and alarm response suit these sites.
Agriculture accounts for 11.1% of Boston businesses, compared with 4.5% across Britain. Mobile patrols and solar CCTV towers help protect farm machinery, fuel and outbuildings.
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