Total Crime Rate

233.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

107.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

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 233.4 10/10
  • Violent crimes 107.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 82.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 47.3 10/10
  • Public order 22.1 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.8 9/10
  • Drugs 15.8 9/10
  • Other theft 15.8 9/10
  • Burglary 9.5 8/10
  • Other crime 9.5 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.3 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.3 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.2 4/10
  • 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

Hobart Street area has the 37th highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Castle , and the 119th highest crime rate of 942 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 Hobart Street (LE2 0JS) in the last 12 months was 233.4 per 1,000 residents and was 52.9% lower than the Castle average (495.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -16.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 107.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hobart Street (LE2 0JS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Mill Hill Lane, where police recorded 150 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Andover Street (62 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Hobart Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Salisbury Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Severn Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Nelson Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Nelson Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Nelson Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Nelson Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Andover Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Stoughton Street South Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Tichborne Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Severn Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Severn Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Severn Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Nelson Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Severn Street
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Maidstone Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Maidstone Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences The Oval Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Andover Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Guthlaxton Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Lincoln Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Highfield Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Highfield Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Highfield Street
Apr 2026Public order Nelson Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nelson Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Lincoln Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Evington Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Swain Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Swain Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Swain Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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