Total Crime Rate
1290.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
597.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Clarence Street area has the 10th highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Castle , and the 12th 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 Clarence Street (LE1 3RW) in the last 12 months was 1290.5 per 1,000 residents and was 160.3% 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 100 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 54.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 144 (≈ 597.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Clarence Street (LE1 3RW), the main crime hotspot is near East Gates. Police recorded 652 crimes here, including 271 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 | Violence and sexual offences | St James Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gower Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gower Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gower Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gower Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gower Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gower Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gower Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gower Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gower Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Yeoman Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Yeoman Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dryden Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dryden Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Old Milton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Milton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gower Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gower Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Market Place Approach | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
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