Total Crime Rate
242.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Careys Close area has the 35th highest crime rate of 108 local areas in Castle , and the 120th highest crime rate of 954 local areas in Leicester .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Careys Close (LE1 5NS) in the last 12 months was 242.6 per 1,000 residents and was 51.6% lower than the Castle average (501.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 71 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -51.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 108 (≈ 93.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -36.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Careys Close (LE1 5NS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 370 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Carts Lane (120 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Castle| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Applegate | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Loseby Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Nicholas Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Nicholas Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Nicholas Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | St Nicholas Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Highcross Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Highcross Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Highcross Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Loseby Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Loseby Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Loseby Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
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