Total Crime Rate

98.7 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 98.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 57.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.4 8/10
  • Public order 7.2 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.4 3/10
  • Other theft 5.4 5/10
  • Drugs 3.6 4/10
  • Other crime 1.8 1/10
  • Robbery 1.8 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 1.8 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Christow Street area has the 24th highest crime rate of 80 local areas in Spinney Hills , and the 419th highest crime rate of 954 local areas in Leicester .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Christow Street (LE1 2GN) in the last 12 months was 98.7 per 1,000 residents and was 67.2% higher than the Spinney Hills average (59.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 66.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 60.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 50.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Christow Street (LE1 2GN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 58 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (33 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Christow Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Junction Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chester Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Vancouver Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gladstone Street —
Sep 2025Public order Christow Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Christow Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Calgary Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Further action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Toronto Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kashmir Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Kashmir Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chester Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chester Close Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Other theft Crafton Street East Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Montreal Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dysart Way —
Sep 2025Drugs Kashmir Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Public order Arnold Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kashmir Road —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Junction Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Junction Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Junction Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Junction Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Arnold Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Yukon Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crafton Street East Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Taylor Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lethbridge Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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