Total Crime Rate
826.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025St Margarets Way area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 96 local areas in Abbey , and the 20th 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 St Margarets Way (LE1 3DA) in the last 12 months was 826.4 per 1,000 residents and was 433.0% higher than the Abbey average (155.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 88 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 140.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 116 (≈ 373.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -5.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around St Margarets Way (LE1 3DA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 241 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Causeway Lane (58 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Abbey| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Church Gate | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Sandacre Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Sandacre Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Causeway Lane | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Causeway Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Short Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Short Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Causeway Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Gate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Church Gate | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Causeway Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Sandacre Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Causeway Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Margaret'S Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Junior Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Burgess Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Burgess Street | Under investigation |
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