Crime Rate in Evington, ward

Evington has the 9th lowest crime rate of 21 wards in Leicester district and the 2228th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East Midlands), it has the 203rd highest crime rate of 752 wards.

The overall crime rate in Evington in the last 12 months was 89.3 per 1,000 residents and was 34.3% lower than the Leicester district average (135.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Evington’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 673 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 11 cases , down -8.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 63.6% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -70.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 850 (≈ 45.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Evington ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 118 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Cropthorne Avenue (40 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.