Total Crime Rate
236.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Burgess 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 Burgess Street (LE1 4QG) 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 Burgess Street (LE1 4QG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 238 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Causeway Lane (58 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Friars Causeway | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Friars Causeway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Gate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Church Gate | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Highcross Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Highcross Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Highcross Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shires Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Shires Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Shires Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shires Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Church Gate | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Freeschool Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Freeschool Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Freeschool Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Freeschool Lane | Under investigation |
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