Total Crime Rate

1627.0 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 1627.0 10/10
  • Shoplifting 591.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 305.5 10/10
  • Public order 138.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 128.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 96.5 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 83.6 10/10
  • Drugs 74.0 10/10
  • Burglary 57.9 10/10
  • Other theft 51.5 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 25.7 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 22.5 10/10
  • Theft from the person 22.5 10/10
  • Other crime 19.3 10/10
  • Robbery 9.7 9/10
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

Wellington 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 6HT) 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 6HT), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Wellington Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/260)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Pocklingtons Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Wellington Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Nightclub Local resolution
Sep 2025Other theft Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Halford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Halford Street —
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Pocklingtons Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Wellington Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Wellington Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Wellington Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wellington Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wellington Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bishop Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bishop Street —
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 2025Public order Marlborough Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Marlborough Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Marlborough Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Bishop Street Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Drugs Bishop Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Burglary Chatham Street Formal action is not in the public interest
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Data Sources

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