Total Crime Rate
21.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Hydra Walk area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 80 local areas in Spinney Hills , and the 78th lowest crime rate of 954 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 21.3 per 1,000 residents and was 64.0% lower than the Spinney Hills average (59.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Bicycle theft with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 6.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -75.0% 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 73 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Severn Street (27 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 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gopsall Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Sparkenhoe Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Sparkenhoe Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Sparkenhoe Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Oxendon Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Oxendon Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Barnard Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Apollo Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pluto Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxendon Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Guthlaxton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Guthlaxton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Guthlaxton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Pluto Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gopsall Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Stoughton Street South | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Jupiter Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Jupiter Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Mercury Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Oxendon Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Mercury Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Diseworth Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Seymour Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Seymour Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Derwent Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Duffield Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Derwent Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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