Total Crime Rate
98.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
49.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Evington Street area has the 21st highest crime rate of 77 local areas in Spinney Hills , and the 399th highest crime rate of 942 local areas in Leicester .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Evington Street (LE2 0SA) in the last 12 months was 98.6 per 1,000 residents and was 84.6% higher than the Spinney Hills average (53.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 49.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -4.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Evington Street (LE2 0SA), 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 Highfield Street (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Leicester| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mill Hill Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Churchill Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Welland Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Welland Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barnard Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gopsall Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Taurus Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Taurus Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Barnard Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Barnard Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Taurus Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Taurus Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Upper Tichborne Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mercury Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Churchill Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Welland Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mandora Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jupiter Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jupiter Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Jupiter Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Tichborne Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Albans Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Albans Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | St Albans Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St Albans Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | St Albans Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sparkenhoe Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sparkenhoe Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Atlas Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Welland Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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