Total Crime Rate

120.6 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 120.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 60.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.7 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.7 9/10
  • Other theft 7.1 6/10
  • Public order 7.1 6/10
  • Burglary 3.6 4/10
  • Other crime 3.6 5/10
  • Theft from the person 3.6 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Mensa 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.

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Crime Over Time in Mensa Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Apollo Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oxendon Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jupiter Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Diseworth Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dale Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pluto Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pluto Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Oxendon Street —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Oxendon Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Oxendon Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Twycross Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Matlock Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Neptune Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wilson Street —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Vulcan Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Darley Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hart Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Hart Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Duffield Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Diseworth Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Derwent Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Derwent Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Jupiter Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ashbourne Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Derwent Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Mercury Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Mere Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Guthlaxton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Guthlaxton Street Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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