Crime Rates at New Walk, Leicester, LE1 6TE

New Walk area has the 31st highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Castle , and the 73rd highest crime rate of 942 local areas in Leicester .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around New Walk (LE1 6TE) in the last 12 months was 325.3 per 1,000 residents and was 34.4% lower than the Castle average (495.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 14.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 56 (≈ 150.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around New Walk (LE1 6TE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Theatre/Concert Hall, where police recorded 288 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Granby Street (140 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.