Crime Rates at Rawson Street, Leicester, LE1 6UP

Rawson Street area has the 27th highest crime rate of 108 local areas in Castle , and the 43rd 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 Rawson Street (LE1 6UP) in the last 12 months was 448.9 per 1,000 residents and was 10.5% lower 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 42 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 4 cases , down -20.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 42.9% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -55.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 67 (≈ 180.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -40.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -24.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Rawson Street (LE1 6UP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Theatre/Concert Hall, where police recorded 258 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Granby Street (121 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.