Total Crime Rate

56.7 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

32.9 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 56.7 5/10
  • Violent crimes 32.9 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 31.1 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.3 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.5 3/10
  • Other crime 3.7 5/10
  • Other theft 3.7 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.7 3/10
  • Public order 1.8 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Worthington 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 Worthington Street (LE2 0ED) 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 Worthington Street (LE2 0ED), the main crime hotspot is near Biddulph Avenue. Police recorded 39 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Worthington Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Possession of weapons St Peters Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chandos Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Duffield Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Twycross Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Twycross Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Ashbourne Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Park Vale Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Cedar Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cedar Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cedar Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cedar Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cedar Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chandos Street Further investigation is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Bartholomew Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Derwent Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lonsdale Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Roslyn Street
Apr 2026Other theft Conifer Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St Peters Road
Apr 2026Public order St Peters Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Kings Newton Street
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Kings Newton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Donnington Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Mere Road Further investigation is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Biddulph Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Bonsall Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dronfield Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Diseworth Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Cedar Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Derwent Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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