Crime Rate in Westcotes, ward

Westcotes has the 4th highest crime rate of 21 wards in Leicester district and the 636th highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East Midlands), it has the 54th highest crime rate of 752 wards.

The overall crime rate in Westcotes in the last 12 months was 148.4 per 1,000 residents and was 12.9% higher than the Leicester district average (131.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Westcotes’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 733 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 28 cases , down -17.6% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 11.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -21.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1,012 (≈ 60.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Westcotes ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 202 crimes here, including 79 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.