Total Crime Rate

689.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 689.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 204.9 10/10
  • Public order 99.6 10/10
  • Other theft 71.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 58.3 10/10
  • Shoplifting 58.3 8/10
  • Drugs 39.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 37.6 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 28.2 10/10
  • Other crime 24.4 10/10
  • Burglary 18.8 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 15.0 10/10
  • Robbery 13.2 9/10
  • Theft from the person 11.3 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 9.4 10/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Lincoln Street area has the 18th highest crime rate of 108 local areas in Castle , and the 26th highest 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 Lincoln Street (LE2 0JT) in the last 12 months was 689.9 per 1,000 residents and was 37.6% higher than the Castle average (501.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 109 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 5 cases , up 25.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 72.2% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -44.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 174 (≈ 327.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -19.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -17.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lincoln Street (LE2 0JT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Station Street, where police recorded 121 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Andover Street (64 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Lincoln Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Campbell Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Fox Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Seymour Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Glebe Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Fox Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Fox Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Fox Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Fox Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Fox Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Fox Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Saxby Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Fox Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Fox Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences College Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson College Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Sparkenhoe Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sparkenhoe Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lincoln Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Seymour Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Saxby Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences College Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Victoria Avenue
Sep 2025Other theft Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lincoln Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lincoln Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lincoln Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Lincoln Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Lincoln Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lincoln Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nelson Street

Data Sources

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