Crime Rates at Queen Street, Leicester, LE1 1QW

Queen Street area has the 29th highest crime rate of 108 local areas in Castle , and the 67th 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 Queen Street (LE1 1QW) in the last 12 months was 364.4 per 1,000 residents and was 27.3% lower than the Castle average (501.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Drugs with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , down -60.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 900.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 67.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -80.3% 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 304 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.