Crime Rates at Wimbledon Street, Leicester, LE1 1SU

Wimbledon Street area has the 34th highest crime rate of 108 local areas in Castle , and the 114th highest crime rate of 954 local areas in Leicester .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Wimbledon Street (LE1 1SU) in the last 12 months was 252.7 per 1,000 residents and was 49.6% lower than the Castle average (501.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 233.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 79.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 6.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wimbledon Street (LE1 1SU), 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.