Crime Rates at Market Place, Leicester, LE1 5GF

Market Place area has the highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Castle , and the highest crime rate of 942 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 Market Place (LE1 5GF) in the last 12 months was 6008.3 per 1,000 residents and was 1111.8% higher than the Castle average (495.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 629 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 10 cases , up 25.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 47.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -13.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1,005 (≈ 2776.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Market Place (LE1 5GF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 731 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near East Gates (271 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.