Total Crime Rate

539.0 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 539.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 175.3 10/10
  • Other theft 62.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 56.3 10/10
  • Public order 52.0 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 43.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 41.1 10/10
  • Burglary 32.5 10/10
  • Drugs 30.3 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 15.2 10/10
  • Theft from the person 15.2 9/10
  • Robbery 6.5 8/10
  • Shoplifting 4.3 3/10
  • Other crime 2.2 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.2 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

Bishop Street area has the 24th highest crime rate of 108 local areas in Castle , and the 34th highest crime rate of 954 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 Bishop Street (LE1 6AF) in the last 12 months was 539.0 per 1,000 residents and was 7.5% higher 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 81 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 109 (≈ 235.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bishop Street (LE1 6AF), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Bishop Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/359)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fox Lane —
Sep 2025Public order Bishop Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Granby Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Granby Place Local resolution
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Granby Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Granby Place —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Granby Place —
Sep 2025Theft from the person Belvoir Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Belvoir Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bishop Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bishop Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bishop Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bishop Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bishop Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bishop Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Bishop Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Bishop Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Granby Place Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Bishop Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Bishop Street Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bishop Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bishop Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bishop Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bishop Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Local resolution
Sep 2025Other theft Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Nightclub Local resolution
Sep 2025Burglary Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences King Street Local resolution
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Data Sources

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