Total Crime Rate

630.0 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 630.0 10/10
  • Other theft 134.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 103.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 80.7 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 74.0 10/10
  • Public order 58.3 10/10
  • Drugs 38.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 29.2 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 26.9 10/10
  • Robbery 22.4 10/10
  • Theft from the person 17.9 9/10
  • Burglary 13.5 9/10
  • Other crime 13.5 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 11.2 10/10
  • Shoplifting 6.7 4/10
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

Colton Street area has the 21st highest crime rate of 108 local areas in Castle , and the 30th 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 Colton Street (LE1 1QA) in the last 12 months was 630.0 per 1,000 residents and was 25.6% higher than the Castle average (501.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 60 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 3 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -62.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 87 (≈ 195.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -1.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -10.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Colton Street (LE1 1QA), 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 Colton Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/223)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Clyde Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Queen Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary York Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft York Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime York Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime York Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Campbell Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wimbledon Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Clyde Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Wimbledon Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Wimbledon Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Wimbledon Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Wimbledon Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Queen Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wimbledon Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Queen Street —
Sep 2025Other theft Wimbledon Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wimbledon Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wimbledon Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wimbledon Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Fox Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Fox Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wimbledon Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wimbledon Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wimbledon Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wimbledon Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wimbledon Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour York Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wimbledon Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Colton Street Formal action is not in the public interest
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Data Sources

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