Crime Rates at Rupert Street, Leicester, LE1 5XH

Rupert Street area has the 47th highest crime rate of 108 local areas in Castle , and the 222nd 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 Rupert Street (LE1 5XH) in the last 12 months was 161.4 per 1,000 residents and was 67.8% lower 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 129 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 3 cases , down -25.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 190.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -63.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 173 (≈ 74.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -14.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Rupert Street (LE1 5XH), 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.