Total Crime Rate
606.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Granby Street area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 108 local areas in Castle , and the 32nd highest crime rate of 954 local areas in Leicester .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Granby Street (LE1 1DU) in the last 12 months was 606.4 per 1,000 residents and was 20.9% 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 63 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 65.8% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 86 (≈ 212.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -53.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 81.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Granby Street (LE1 1DU), 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.
View Crime In Castle| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Granby Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Granby Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Granby Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Granby Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Granby Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Granby Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Granby Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Granby Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Granby Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Granby Street | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Granby Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Granby Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Granby Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Granby Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wimbledon Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Granby Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Granby Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wimbledon Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dover Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dover Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dover Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dover Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Dover Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Dover Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Dover Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Granby Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
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