Total Crime Rate
84.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
35.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Monckton Close area has the 25th highest crime rate of 77 local areas in Spinney Hills , and the 467th highest crime rate of 942 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 Monckton Close (LE1 2JJ) in the last 12 months was 84.9 per 1,000 residents and was 59.0% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 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 19 (≈ 35.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -29.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Monckton Close (LE1 2JJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Memory Lane, where police recorded 44 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.
View Crime In Leicester| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Foundry Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Brunswick Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bedford Street North | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bedford Street North | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wharf Street North | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wharf Street North | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Junction Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Junction Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Junction Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clyde Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ontario Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lethbridge Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lethbridge Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Redpath Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Redpath Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Calgary Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shackleton Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edmonton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Montreal Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Christow Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Christow Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Taylor Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Taylor Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Crafton Street East | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Willow Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ottawa Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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