Total Crime Rate

639.1 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 639.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 104.4 10/10
  • Shoplifting 100.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 87.0 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 78.3 10/10
  • Public order 73.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 56.5 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 47.8 10/10
  • Burglary 26.1 10/10
  • Other theft 26.1 10/10
  • Robbery 21.7 10/10
  • Drugs 8.7 8/10
  • Other crime 8.7 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
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

Burton Street area has the 20th highest crime rate of 108 local areas in Castle , and the 28th highest crime rate of 954 local areas in Leicester .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Burton Street (LE1 1TE) in the last 12 months was 639.1 per 1,000 residents and was 27.4% higher than the Castle average (501.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -62.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 42 (≈ 182.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -36.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Burton Street (LE1 1TE), the main crime hotspot is near St James Street. Police recorded 168 crimes here, including 97 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Burton Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/87)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Theft from the person Wimbledon Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Fox Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Fox Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Fox Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Morledge Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Morledge Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson St Matthews Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lethbridge Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clyde Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Clyde Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Clyde Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wimbledon Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wimbledon Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wimbledon Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wimbledon Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Wimbledon Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Fox Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wimbledon Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Potter Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Potter Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gladstone Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wimbledon Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wimbledon Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wimbledon Street —
Sep 2025Other theft Wimbledon Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wimbledon Street —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wimbledon Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wimbledon Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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