Total Crime Rate
120.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Mensa Close area has the 11th highest crime rate of 80 local areas in Spinney Hills , and the 330th 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 Mensa Close (LE2 0UT) in the last 12 months was 120.6 per 1,000 residents and was 104.2% 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 67.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -44.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 34.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Mensa Close (LE2 0UT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 39 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 | Vehicle crime | Apollo Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxendon Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Jupiter Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Diseworth Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dale Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Pluto Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pluto Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Oxendon Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Oxendon Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Oxendon Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Twycross Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Matlock Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Neptune Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wilson Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Vulcan Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Darley Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hart Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hart Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Duffield Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Diseworth Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Derwent Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Derwent Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Jupiter Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashbourne Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Derwent Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Mercury Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Mere Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Guthlaxton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Guthlaxton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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