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

Granby 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 Granby Street (LE1 6EH) 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 Granby Street (LE1 6EH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 739 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near East Gates (273 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Granby Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dover Street —
Sep 2025Drugs Wellington Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Church Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Conference/Exhibition Centre —
Sep 2025Other crime Wellington Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Wellington Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Wellington Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wellington Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wellington Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Church Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Church Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime East Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Dover Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Chatham Street Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Burglary Chatham Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Northampton Square Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour East Gates —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour East Gates —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour East Gates —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour East Gates —

Data Sources

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