Total Crime Rate
6105.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Berridge 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 Berridge Street (LE1 5JE) 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 Berridge Street (LE1 5JE), 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 | Public order | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Norton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Market Place Approach | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Market Place Approach | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Market Place Approach | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Market Place Approach | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Market Place Approach | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Market Place Approach | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Market Place Approach | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Market Place South | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Market Place South | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Norton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Pocklingtons Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Norton Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hotel Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hotel Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hotel Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hotel Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hotel Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hotel Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Market Place Approach | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Pocklingtons Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Market Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Welford Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Welford Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Welford Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Welford Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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