Total Crime Rate

188.0 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 188.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 44.0 8/10
  • Drugs 32.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 28.0 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 24.0 10/10
  • Public order 16.0 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 8.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.0 6/10
  • Other theft 8.0 7/10
  • Robbery 8.0 8/10
  • Theft from the person 8.0 8/10
  • Other crime 4.0 6/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Saxby 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 Saxby Street (LE2 0ND) 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 area’s 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 (≈ 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 Saxby Street (LE2 0ND), 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 Saxby Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mill Hill Lane Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences De Montfort Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences College Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Sparkenhoe Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sparkenhoe Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Sparkenhoe Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Further/Higher Educational Building 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 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft De Montfort Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brookhouse Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary De Montfort Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour De Montfort Place —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tichborne Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tichborne Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tichborne Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery West Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Barnard Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Brookhouse Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Brookhouse Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Andover Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Andover Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Seymour Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Seymour Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Andover Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Saxby Street —

Data Sources

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