Total Crime Rate

242.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 242.6 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 61.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 58.1 9/10
  • Public order 27.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 26.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 19.1 7/10
  • Other theft 13.9 9/10
  • Drugs 6.9 7/10
  • Burglary 6.1 6/10
  • Shoplifting 6.1 4/10
  • Theft from the person 5.2 7/10
  • Robbery 4.3 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.5 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.6 2/10
  • Other crime 1.7 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Careys 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.

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Crime Over Time in Careys Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Applegate Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Loseby Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Theft from the person Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Nicholas Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Nicholas Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Nicholas Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft St Nicholas Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Highcross Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Highcross Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Highcross Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Loseby Lane
Sep 2025Burglary Loseby Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Loseby Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Under investigation

Data Sources

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