Total Crime Rate

236.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 236.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 59.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 50.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 31.6 10/10
  • Drugs 28.4 10/10
  • Public order 22.1 9/10
  • Other crime 9.5 9/10
  • Other theft 9.5 8/10
  • Robbery 6.3 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.3 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.2 4/10
  • Burglary 3.2 3/10
  • Shoplifting 3.2 2/10
  • Theft from the person 3.2 4/10
  • 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

Sparkenhoe Street area has the 36th highest crime rate of 108 local areas in Castle , and the 126th highest crime rate of 954 local areas in Leicester .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Sparkenhoe Street (LE2 0TD) in the last 12 months was 236.6 per 1,000 residents and was 52.8% 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 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 220.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 88.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sparkenhoe Street (LE2 0TD), 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 Sparkenhoe Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/71)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Upper New Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Tichborne 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 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 2025Anti-social behaviour Tichborne Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tichborne Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tichborne Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lincoln Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Churchill Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Mercury Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Mercury Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Seymour Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gopsall Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gopsall Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences College Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lincoln Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Stoughton Street South Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brookhouse Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Highfield Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Guthlaxton 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 2025Criminal damage and arson Saxby Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Saxby Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Saxby Street —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Apollo Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Guthlaxton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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