Total Crime Rate

70.4 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

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 70.4 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 25.9 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 22.2 8/10
  • Burglary 7.4 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.4 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.7 3/10
  • Public order 3.7 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
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

Tower Street area has the 32nd lowest crime rate of 108 local areas in Castle , and the 394th lowest crime rate of 954 local areas in Leicester .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Tower Street (LE1 6WU) in the last 12 months was 70.4 per 1,000 residents and was 86.0% 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 29.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Tower Street (LE1 6WU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near King Street, where police recorded 102 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Trinity Lane (60 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Tower Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Rawson Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Calais Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Turner Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Tower Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Newtown Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Calais Hill —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Calais Hill —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Calais Hill —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Calais Hill —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Calais Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Upper King Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Calais Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Calais Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Park Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Newtown Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Trinity Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Trinity Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Trinity Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Trinity Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Turner Street —
Sep 2025Other crime Wellington Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Trinity Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences King Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Park Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Park Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lower Hastings Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lower Hastings Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lower Hastings Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lower Hastings Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Lancaster Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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