Total Crime Rate
46.7 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Taurus Close area has the 28th lowest crime rate of 80 local areas in Spinney Hills , and the 235th lowest 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 Taurus Close (LE2 0UL) in the last 12 months was 46.7 per 1,000 residents and was 20.9% lower than the Spinney Hills average (59.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -78.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (β 13.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -78.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Taurus Close (LE2 0UL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 62 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Gopsall Street (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Spinney Hills| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Duffield Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Neptune Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hart Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Darley Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Vulcan Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dale Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashbourne Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wilson Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Jupiter Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Mercury Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Jupiter Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Matlock Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxendon Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Pluto Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pluto Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Oxendon Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Oxendon Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gopsall Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gopsall Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Mercury Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Guthlaxton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hart Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Barnard Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Apollo Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Diseworth Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Diseworth Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Guthlaxton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Guthlaxton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Oxendon Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Derwent Street | Under investigation |
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