Crime Rates at Willow Street, Leicester, LE1 2HR

Willow Street area has the 7th highest crime rate of 77 local areas in Spinney Hills , and the 204th highest crime rate of 942 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 Willow Street (LE1 2HR) in the last 12 months was 161.0 per 1,000 residents and was 201.4% higher than the Spinney Hills average (53.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 68.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Willow Street (LE1 2HR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Kashmir Road, where police recorded 35 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Christow Street (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.