Total Crime Rate
803.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
373.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Burleys Way area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 96 local areas in Abbey , and the 20th highest crime rate of 942 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 Burleys Way (LE1 3BE) in the last 12 months was 803.9 per 1,000 residents and was 457.9% higher than the Abbey average (144.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 92 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 166.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -40.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 116 (≈ 373.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Burleys Way (LE1 3BE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Nightclub, where police recorded 196 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Police Station (115 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Leicester| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Royal East Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Royal East Street | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Navigation Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Navigation Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Navigation Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Navigation Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lower Lee Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Archdeacon Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Byron Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Foundry Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Garden Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Shopping Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bedford Street North | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bedford Street North | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Woodboy Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shackleton Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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