Crime Rates at Newarke Street, Leicester, LE1 5SP

Newarke 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 Newarke Street (LE1 5SP) 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 Newarke Street (LE1 5SP), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 245 crimes here, including 128 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.