Total Crime Rate

549.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

208.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 549.3 10/10
  • Violent crimes 208.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 143.5 10/10
  • Other theft 109.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 87.4 10/10
  • Public order 42.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 35.9 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 31.4 10/10
  • Drugs 29.2 10/10
  • Theft from the person 15.7 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 13.5 10/10
  • Robbery 13.5 9/10
  • Burglary 9.0 8/10
  • Other crime 9.0 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 9.0 10/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Fox Street area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Castle , and the 33rd highest crime rate of 942 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 Fox Street (LE1 1PG) in the last 12 months was 549.3 per 1,000 residents and was 10.8% higher than the Castle average (495.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 64 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 4 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 23.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -41.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 93 (≈ 208.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Fox Street (LE1 1PG), the main crime hotspot is near Theatre/Concert Hall. Police recorded 346 crimes here, including 74 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Fox Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/111)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Queen Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Public order Ashwell Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Theatre/Concert Hall Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Nelson Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Nelson Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Wimbledon Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Wimbledon Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Burton Street —
Apr 2026Other theft Conference/Exhibition Centre Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Theatre/Concert Hall Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Other theft De Montfort Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Ashwell Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Ashwell Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences De Montfort Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Theatre/Concert Hall Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Glebe Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Glebe Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Swain Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Swain Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Swain Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Samuel Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Colton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Colton Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Colton Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Station Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Station Street —
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Station Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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