Total Crime Rate

490.3 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 490.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 287.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 35.0 9/10
  • Public order 31.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 27.2 10/10
  • Other crime 27.2 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 27.2 10/10
  • Drugs 19.5 10/10
  • Burglary 15.6 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 7.8 9/10
  • Other theft 7.8 7/10
  • Theft from the person 3.9 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Regent Road area has the 25th highest crime rate of 108 local areas in Castle , and the 38th 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 Regent Road (LE1 6YF) in the last 12 months was 490.3 per 1,000 residents and was 2.2% 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 74 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -61.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 82 (≈ 319.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -12.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Regent Road (LE1 6YF), 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 Regent Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/100)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour De Montfort Square —
Sep 2025Burglary Newtown Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Wellington Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Wellington Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Wellington Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Wellington Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Upper King Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour York Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Turner Street —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Turner Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dover Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dover Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Tower Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Newtown Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wellington Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Princess Road Backways —
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 2025Bicycle theft Calais Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Chatham Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Marlborough Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Marlborough Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Marlborough Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Princess Road Backways —
Sep 2025Burglary Princess Road Backways Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wellington Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order King Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Crescent Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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