Total Crime Rate
61.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
37.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Earl Howe Street area has the 39th lowest crime rate of 77 local areas in Spinney Hills , and the 351st lowest crime rate of 942 local areas in Leicester .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Earl Howe Street (LE2 0DJ) in the last 12 months was 61.0 per 1,000 residents and was 14.2% higher 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 37.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -26.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Earl Howe Street (LE2 0DJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Onslow Street, where police recorded 56 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Welland Street (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 | Possession of weapons | Bartholomew Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Evington Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Twycross Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Medway Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Skipworth Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | St Peters Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St Peters Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Twycross Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kings Newton Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Kings Newton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lonsdale Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bonsall Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Donnington Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Diseworth Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tennyson Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Evington Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Evington Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Derwent Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chandos Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chandos Street | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| 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 | Darley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Biddulph Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | St Stephens Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Guilford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Guilford Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ashbourne Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Medway Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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