Crime Rate in Castle, ward

Castle has the highest crime rate of 21 wards in Leicester district and the 25th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East Midlands), it has the 3rd highest crime rate of 752 wards.

The overall crime rate in Castle in the last 12 months was 501.5 per 1,000 residents and was 268.9% higher than the Leicester district average (135.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Castle’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3,506 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 134 cases , down -5.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 27.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -13.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5,409 (≈ 218.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Castle ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Parking Area, with 458 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Hospital (200 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.