Total Crime Rate
80.7 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Derwent Street area has the 31st highest crime rate of 80 local areas in Spinney Hills , and the 449th lowest crime rate of 954 local areas in Leicester .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Derwent Street (LE2 0GD) in the last 12 months was 80.7 per 1,000 residents and was 36.6% higher than the Spinney Hills average (59.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 23 (β 41.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Derwent Street (LE2 0GD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 39 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Egginton Street (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Spinney Hills| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Sutherland Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Diseworth Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Darley Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Peters Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Matlock Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Mere Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Derwent Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Derwent Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Derwent Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Diseworth Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wilne Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Duffield Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Haddon Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartington Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashbourne Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Twycross Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dale Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Donnington Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Lonsdale Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wilson Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Neptune Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bonsall Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dronfield Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Egginton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Egginton Street | Further action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Pluto Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pluto Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Fairfield Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gopsall Street | β |
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