Total Crime Rate
176.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
68.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Prebend Street area has the 44th highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Castle , and the 178th highest crime rate of 942 local areas in Leicester .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Prebend Street (LE2 0LA) in the last 12 months was 176.0 per 1,000 residents and was 64.5% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 68.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 21.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Prebend Street (LE2 0LA), 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.
View Crime In Leicester| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Oval | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sparkenhoe Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Regent Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | De Montfort Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | De Montfort Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Glebe Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Glebe Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | De Montfort Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Seymour Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | West Walk | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Station Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Station Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Station Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Station Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Station Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Swain Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Swain Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Swain Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Salisbury Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sparkenhoe Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Tichborne Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Upper New Walk | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Highfield Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nelson Street | Under investigation |
StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.