Crime Rate in Spinney Hills, ward

Spinney Hills has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 21 wards in Leicester district and the 3187th lowest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East Midlands), it has the 313th lowest crime rate of 752 wards.

The overall crime rate in Spinney Hills in the last 12 months was 55.7 per 1,000 residents and was 57.6% lower than the Leicester district average (131.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Spinney Hills’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 340 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 4 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 25.8% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -11.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 429 (≈ 28.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Spinney Hills ward, the main local crime hotspot is near The Approach. Police recorded 35 crimes here, including 26 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.