Crime Rates at Market Street, Leicester, LE1 6DE

Market 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 Market Street (LE1 6DE) 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 Market Street (LE1 6DE), 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.