Crime Rates at Queen Street, Leicester, LE1 1QW

Queen Street area has the 26th highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Castle , and the 40th 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 Queen Street (LE1 1QW) in the last 12 months was 483.1 per 1,000 residents and was 2.6% lower than the Castle average (495.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 71.4% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 127.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -83.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Queen Street (LE1 1QW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Theatre/Concert Hall, where police recorded 343 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Granby Street (140 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.