Total Crime Rate

1627.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 1627.0 10/10
  • Shoplifting 591.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 305.5 10/10
  • Public order 138.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 128.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 96.5 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 83.6 10/10
  • Drugs 74.0 10/10
  • Burglary 57.9 10/10
  • Other theft 51.5 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 25.7 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 22.5 10/10
  • Theft from the person 22.5 10/10
  • Other crime 19.3 10/10
  • Robbery 9.7 9/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Granby Street area has the 6th highest crime rate of 108 local areas in Castle , and the 7th 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 Street (LE1 1DL) in the last 12 months was 1627.0 per 1,000 residents and was 224.4% higher than the Castle average (501.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 184 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 3 cases , down -40.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 607.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 148 (≈ 475.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -21.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Granby Street (LE1 1DL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Theatre/Concert Hall, where police recorded 306 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Granby Street (170 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Granby Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/209)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Campbell Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dover Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Dover Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Dover Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour De Montfort Square —
Sep 2025Burglary De Montfort Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Regent Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Vestry Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Dover Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dover Street —
Sep 2025Other crime Yeoman Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Yeoman Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Yeoman Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Yeoman Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Yeoman Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Yeoman Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Yeoman Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Museum Square —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dover Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Yeoman Lane Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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