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

East 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 East Street (LE1 6NB) 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 East Street (LE1 6NB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Theatre/Concert Hall, where police recorded 306 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 East Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/174)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Church Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Calais Hill —
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Calais Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Calais Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Calais Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Calais Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Calais Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Colton Street Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Other theft Northampton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Northampton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Northampton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Conference/Exhibition Centre —
Sep 2025Other theft Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Calais Hill —
Sep 2025Burglary Northampton Square Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Church Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Church Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Church 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 2025Anti-social behaviour Theatre/Concert Hall —
Sep 2025Burglary Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Theatre/Concert Hall Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Theatre/Concert Hall Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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