Total Crime Rate
42.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
22.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Donnington Street area has the 27th lowest crime rate of 77 local areas in Spinney Hills , and the 228th 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 Donnington Street (LE2 0DD) in the last 12 months was 42.1 per 1,000 residents and was 21.2% lower than the Spinney Hills average (53.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -35.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 22.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -31.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Donnington Street (LE2 0DD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Biddulph Avenue, where police recorded 39 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 | Chandos Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bonsall Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Polaris Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Medway Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Medway Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Roslyn Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dronfield Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mensa Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Duffield Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Donnington Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Diseworth Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chandos Street | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Derwent Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Derwent Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Mere Road | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lonsdale Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bakewell Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Darley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Bartholomew Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | St Stephens Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wilson Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilson Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Biddulph Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Kings Newton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fairfield Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pluto Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pluto Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pluto Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pluto Close | — |
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