Total Crime Rate

388.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 388.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 93.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 84.3 10/10
  • Other theft 48.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 35.5 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 28.8 10/10
  • Burglary 24.4 10/10
  • Public order 22.2 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 17.7 10/10
  • Robbery 8.9 9/10
  • Shoplifting 8.9 5/10
  • Drugs 6.7 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.4 7/10
  • Other crime 2.2 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.2 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

Lancaster Place area has the 28th highest crime rate of 108 local areas in Castle , and the 62nd highest crime rate of 954 local areas in Leicester .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Lancaster Place (LE1 7HB) in the last 12 months was 388.0 per 1,000 residents and was 22.6% lower than the Castle average (501.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 42 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 54 (≈ 119.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lancaster Place (LE1 7HB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lancaster Road, where police recorded 42 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Princess Road East (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Lancaster Place area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lower Hastings Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Princess Road East Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour University Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building
Sep 2025Burglary De Montfort Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour De Montfort Square
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Lancaster Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Princess Road East Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences University Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lower Hastings Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime University Road 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 Princess Road East Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Princess Road East Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery West Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences West Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order University Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Tigers Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Princess Road East Under investigation

Data Sources

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