Crime Rates at Lower Hastings Street, Leicester, LE1 7AT

Lower Hastings Street area has the 35th lowest crime rate of 106 local areas in Castle , and the 460th lowest 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 Lower Hastings Street (LE1 7AT) in the last 12 months was 81.5 per 1,000 residents and was 83.6% 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 37.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -86.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lower Hastings Street (LE1 7AT), the main crime hotspot is near Trinity Lane. Police recorded 94 crimes here, including 69 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.