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

University Road 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 University Road (LE1 7RA) 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 University Road (LE1 7RA), the main crime hotspot is near Andover Street. Police recorded 101 crimes here, including 64 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in University Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/83)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building —
Sep 2025Burglary Sparkenhoe Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Seymour Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Seymour Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences De Montfort Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft De Montfort Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary De Montfort Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour De Montfort Place —
Sep 2025Robbery West Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Brookhouse Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Brookhouse Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sparkenhoe Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Lincoln Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Andover Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Andover Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Andover Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Andover Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tichborne Street —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson College Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lincoln Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lincoln Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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