Total Crime Rate
188.0 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Prebend Street area has the 44th highest crime rate of 108 local areas in Castle , and the 171st highest crime rate of 954 local areas in Leicester .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Prebend Street (LE2 0LA) in the last 12 months was 188.0 per 1,000 residents and was 62.5% lower than the Castle average (501.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (β 68.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -26.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -16.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Prebend Street (LE2 0LA), 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.
View Crime In Castle| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | De Montfort Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | College Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Seymour Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | De Montfort Place | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Campbell Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Campbell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Sparkenhoe Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Sparkenhoe Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Sparkenhoe Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | College Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Salisbury Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Saxby Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tichborne Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Station Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Station Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Station Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Station Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tichborne Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Tichborne Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Seymour Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Saxby Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Barnard Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lincoln Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Nelson Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Nelson Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Glebe Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Upper New Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Upper New Walk | Under investigation |
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