Total Crime Rate
6105.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Hotel Street area has the highest crime rate of 108 local areas in Castle , and the highest crime rate of 954 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 Hotel Street (LE1 5AW) in the last 12 months was 6105.0 per 1,000 residents and was 1117.3% higher than the Castle average (501.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 607 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 10 cases , down -44.4% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 77.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -48.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 958 (≈ 2646.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hotel Street (LE1 5AW), 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.
View Crime In Castle| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Southgates | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | New Bond Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Shopping Area | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Short Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Short Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | New Bond Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | New Bond Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | New Bond Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | New Bond Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | New Bond Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | New Bond Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | New Bond Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | New Bond Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | New Bond Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | New Bond Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | New Bond Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | New Bond Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | New Bond Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | New Bond Street | 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Church Gate | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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