Crime Rates at University Road, Leicester, LE1 7RB

University Road area has the 48th highest crime rate of 108 local areas in Castle , and the 230th highest crime rate of 954 local areas in Leicester .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around University Road (LE1 7RB) in the last 12 months was 159.2 per 1,000 residents and was 68.3% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -41.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 36.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around University Road (LE1 7RB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Mill Hill Lane, where police recorded 75 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (32 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.