Total Crime Rate

86.8 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 86.8 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 26.9 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.5 8/10
  • Other theft 14.5 9/10
  • Drugs 10.3 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.3 7/10
  • Public order 6.2 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.1 2/10
  • Theft from the person 2.1 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Guthlaxton Avenue area has the 30th highest crime rate of 80 local areas in Spinney Hills , and the 473rd highest crime rate of 954 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 Guthlaxton Avenue (LE2 0SD) in the last 12 months was 86.8 per 1,000 residents and was 47.0% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 33.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -48.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Guthlaxton Avenue (LE2 0SD), the main crime hotspot is near Lincoln Street. Police recorded 82 crimes here, including 34 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Guthlaxton Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/69)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Mercury Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gopsall Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mill Hill Lane Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Mercury Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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 2025Anti-social behaviour Gopsall Street —
Sep 2025Other theft Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Churchill Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mill Hill Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lincoln Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lincoln Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lincoln Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lincoln Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mill Hill Lane Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Albans Road —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lincoln Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Saxby Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Highfield Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Seymour Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Seymour Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Highfield Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Saxby Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Saxby Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Saxby Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mill Hill Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Saxby Street —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Guthlaxton Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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