Total Crime Rate
15.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
6.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hydra Walk area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 77 local areas in Spinney Hills , and the 43rd lowest crime rate of 942 local areas in Leicester .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Hydra Walk (LE2 0UY) in the last 12 months was 15.2 per 1,000 residents and was 71.5% lower than the Spinney Hills average (53.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Bicycle theft ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 6.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -85.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hydra Walk (LE2 0UY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 70 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Pluto Close (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Leicester| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pluto Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilson Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pluto Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pluto Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pluto Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pluto Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pluto Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Upper Charnwood Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Keythorpe Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Polaris Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mensa Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wilson Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Darley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pluto Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Derwent Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Derwent Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Duffield Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ashbourne Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barnard Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pluto Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pluto Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Barnard Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Evington Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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