Total Crime Rate

148.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

69.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 148.0 9/10
  • Violent crimes 69.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 49.2 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 22.4 8/10
  • Other theft 22.0 10/10
  • Public order 15.1 9/10
  • Drugs 7.3 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.3 6/10
  • Burglary 6.5 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.3 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.5 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.0 3/10
  • Theft from the person 2.2 1/10
  • Other crime 1.7 1/10
  • Robbery 1.7 1/10
  • Shoplifting 1.7 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Wycliffe Street area has the 50th highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Castle , and the 238th highest crime rate of 942 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 Wycliffe Street (LE1 5LS) in the last 12 months was 148.0 per 1,000 residents and was 70.2% lower 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 114 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 4 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -43.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 161 (≈ 69.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wycliffe Street (LE1 5LS), the main crime hotspot is near East Gates. Police recorded 652 crimes here, including 271 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Wycliffe Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/290)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Market Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Newarke Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Loseby Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Loseby Lane Offender given a caution
Apr 2026Other theft Millstone Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Millstone Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Millstone Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Millstone Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Welford Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Grey Friars Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Loseby Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Grey Friars Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Upper Brown Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Upper Brown Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Berridge Street —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Rupert Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences A594 Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Loseby Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Loseby Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime East Gates Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Wycliffe Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Norton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Norton Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Norton Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Norton Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences New Bond Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting New Bond Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting New Bond Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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