Total Crime Rate
236.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Junior Street area has the 15th highest crime rate of 96 local areas in Abbey , and the 127th highest crime rate of 954 local areas in Leicester .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Junior Street (LE1 4QD) in the last 12 months was 236.5 per 1,000 residents and was 52.6% 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 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 800.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 43 (≈ 128.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 186.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 40.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Junior Street (LE1 4QD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 361 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Carts Lane (120 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 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Causeway Lane | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Causeway Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Causeway Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Causeway Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Causeway Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | New Bond Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Sandacre Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Sandacre Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Sandacre Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Shires Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mansfield Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | 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 | 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Freeschool Lane | Under investigation |
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