Total Crime Rate
56.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
32.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Twycross Street area has the 34th lowest crime rate of 77 local areas in Spinney Hills , and the 320th 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 Twycross Street (LE2 0DX) in the last 12 months was 56.7 per 1,000 residents and was 6.1% 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 32.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 63.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Twycross Street (LE2 0DX), 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 | Vehicle crime | Ashbourne Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Mere Road | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Guilford Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Guilford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chandos Street | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Evington Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Evington Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Evington Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dronfield Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cedar Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Conifer Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Donnington Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Kings Newton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kings Newton Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St Peters Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | St Peters Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chandos Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cedar Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mensa Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Derwent Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Twycross Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Twycross Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Bartholomew Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lonsdale Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bonsall Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Diseworth Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Derwent Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cedar Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Cedar Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Darley Street | Under investigation |
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