Crime Rates at Shires Lane, Leicester, LE1 4AN

Shires Lane area has the 35th highest crime rate of 108 local areas in Castle , and the 120th highest crime rate of 954 local areas in Leicester .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Shires Lane (LE1 4AN) in the last 12 months was 242.6 per 1,000 residents and was 51.6% lower than the Castle average (501.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 71 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -51.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 108 (≈ 93.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -36.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Shires Lane (LE1 4AN), the main crime hotspot is near East Gates. Police recorded 685 crimes here, including 273 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.