Total Crime Rate
364.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Queen 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 1RG) 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 1RG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 521 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 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Granby Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dover Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dover Street | Under investigation |
| 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 | Vehicle crime | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Granby Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dover Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Granby Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Granby Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Granby Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Granby Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Granby Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Granby Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Granby Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dover Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dover Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Granby Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Calais Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Colton Street | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Calais Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Calais Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Calais Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Calais Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Calais Hill | — |
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