Total Crime Rate
17.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
2.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Duffield Street area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 77 local areas in Spinney Hills , and the 58th 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 Duffield Street (LE2 0GF) in the last 12 months was 17.3 per 1,000 residents and was 67.6% lower than the Spinney Hills average (53.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Drugs with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 2.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -74.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Duffield Street (LE2 0GF), the main crime hotspot is near Pluto Close. Police recorded 35 crimes here, including 26 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Leicester| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sherrard Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Twycross Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Upper Charnwood Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shelbourne Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shelbourne Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sherrard Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Charnwood Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Keythorpe Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bakewell Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Polaris Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Twycross Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pluto Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mensa Close | Under investigation |
| 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 | Vehicle crime | Ashbourne Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Matlock Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Donnington Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilson Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wilson Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Diseworth Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Shelbourne Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shelbourne Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pluto Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pluto Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Taurus Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Taurus Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Taurus Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Duffield Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Derwent Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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