Total Crime Rate

276.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 276.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 69.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 57.0 10/10
  • Shoplifting 33.8 7/10
  • Burglary 31.7 10/10
  • Public order 23.2 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 16.9 10/10
  • Other theft 14.8 9/10
  • Drugs 8.4 8/10
  • Theft from the person 6.3 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.3 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.2 4/10
  • Robbery 4.2 6/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
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

Gotham Street area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 80 local areas in Spinney Hills , and the 100th highest crime rate of 954 local areas in Leicester .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Gotham Street (LE2 0NA) in the last 12 months was 276.4 per 1,000 residents and was 368.0% higher than the Spinney Hills average (59.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 33 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 2 cases , down -81.8% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -81.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 46 (≈ 97.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gotham Street (LE2 0NA), the main crime hotspot is near Andover Street. Police recorded 101 crimes here, including 64 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Gotham Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/83)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
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 2025Vehicle crime Stoughton Street South Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tichborne Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lincoln Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tichborne Street —
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 2025Criminal damage and arson Salisbury Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Salisbury Road Backways Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tichborne Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brookhouse Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Barnard Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lincoln Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building —
Sep 2025Public order Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Saxby Street —
Sep 2025Robbery Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Seymour Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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