Crime Rate in Spinney Hills, ward

Spinney Hills has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 21 wards in Leicester district and the 3360th lowest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East Midlands), it has the 347th lowest crime rate of 752 wards.

The overall crime rate in Spinney Hills in the last 12 months was 59.1 per 1,000 residents and was 56.6% lower than the Leicester district average (135.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Spinney Hills’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 394 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 5 cases , down -28.6% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 42.9% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 498 (≈ 33.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Spinney Hills ward, the main local crime hotspot is near The Approach. Police recorded 40 crimes here, including 31 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.