Total Crime Rate
3496.7 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Granby Place area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 108 local areas in Castle , and the 3rd highest crime rate of 954 local areas in Leicester .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Granby Place (LE1 1DG) in the last 12 months was 3496.7 per 1,000 residents and was 597.2% higher than the Castle average (501.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 121 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 4 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 76.2% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -54.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 219 (β 1431.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -24.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Granby Place (LE1 1DG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 739 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near East Gates (273 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Castle| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Market Place Approach | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | East Gates | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | East Gates | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | East Gates | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | East Gates | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | East Gates | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | East Gates | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | East Gates | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | East Gates | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | East Gates | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | East Gates | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | East Gates | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | East Gates | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | East Gates | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | East Gates | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | East Gates | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | East Gates | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | East Gates | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | East Gates | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | East Gates | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | East Gates | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | East Gates | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dover Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dover Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | East Gates | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | East Gates | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Fox Lane | β |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | East Gates | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | East Gates | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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