Total Crime Rate
1627.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Wellington Street area has the 6th highest crime rate of 108 local areas in Castle , and the 7th highest crime rate of 954 local areas in Leicester .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Wellington Street (LE1 6HH) in the last 12 months was 1627.0 per 1,000 residents and was 224.4% higher than the Castle average (501.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 184 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 3 cases , down -40.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 607.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 148 (≈ 475.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -21.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wellington Street (LE1 6HH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Nightclub, where police recorded 290 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Granby Street (170 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Castle| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Pocklingtons Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Wellington Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Nightclub | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Halford Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Halford Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Pocklingtons Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Wellington Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Wellington Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Wellington Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Wellington Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Wellington Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bishop Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bishop Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bishop Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bishop Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Marlborough Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Marlborough Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Marlborough Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Bishop Street | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Bishop Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Chatham Street | Formal action is not in the public interest |
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