Total Crime Rate
34.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
9.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cecil Road area has the 21st lowest crime rate of 77 local areas in Spinney Hills , and the 165th lowest crime rate of 942 local areas in Leicester .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Cecil Road (LE2 0AB) in the last 12 months was 34.4 per 1,000 residents and was 35.7% lower than the Spinney Hills average (53.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other crime with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 9.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -18.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cecil Road (LE2 0AB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 59 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Pluto Close (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Leicester| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pluto Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Matlock Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sherrard Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Kent Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Keythorpe Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Kent Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Upper Charnwood Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pluto Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pluto Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pluto Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Taurus Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pluto Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pluto Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pluto Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pluto Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pluto Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mensa Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Polaris Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Taurus Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jupiter Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Atlas Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Charnwood Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ashbourne Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Duffield Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilson Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wilson Street | Local resolution |
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