Total Crime Rate
96.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Charles Street area has the 45th lowest crime rate of 108 local areas in Castle , and the 429th highest crime rate of 954 local areas in Leicester .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Charles Street (LE1 1LE) in the last 12 months was 96.1 per 1,000 residents and was 80.8% lower than the Castle average (501.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2023. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 30.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Charles Street (LE1 1LE), 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 | Other theft | Fox Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Dover Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Clarence Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarence Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | St James Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Granby Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Yeoman Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Yeoman Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Yeoman Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Yeoman Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Yeoman Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Yeoman Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Yeoman Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Yeoman Lane | Under investigation |
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