Total Crime Rate

236.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 236.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 107.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 41.9 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 27.0 10/10
  • Public order 21.0 9/10
  • Burglary 9.0 8/10
  • Other theft 9.0 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.0 7/10
  • Drugs 6.0 6/10
  • Other crime 3.0 3/10
  • Theft from the person 3.0 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Junior 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.

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Crime Over Time in Junior Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Causeway Lane Local resolution
Sep 2025Other theft Causeway Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Causeway Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Causeway Lane —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Causeway Lane —
Sep 2025Shoplifting New Bond Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Sandacre Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Sandacre Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Sandacre Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Shires Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mansfield Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Freeschool Lane Under investigation

Data Sources

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