Total Crime Rate
2481.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
1069.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Belgrave Gate area has the 4th highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Castle , and the 4th 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 Belgrave Gate (LE1 3GP) in the last 12 months was 2481.0 per 1,000 residents and was 400.4% higher than the Castle average (495.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 270 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 9 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 17.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -15.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 478 (≈ 1069.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 1.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Belgrave Gate (LE1 3GP), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 836 crimes here, including 288 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Leicester| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Fox Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Fox Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fox Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fox Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Byron Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Fox Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Shopping Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Yeoman Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Yeoman Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Yeoman Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Yeoman Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Yeoman Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Yeoman Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Fox Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Fox Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Yeoman Lane | Under investigation |
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