Total Crime Rate

358.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 358.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 149.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 67.7 10/10
  • Public order 37.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 35.9 10/10
  • Other theft 19.9 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 17.9 10/10
  • Burglary 10.0 8/10
  • Theft from the person 6.0 7/10
  • Drugs 4.0 5/10
  • Other crime 4.0 6/10
  • Robbery 4.0 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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.
level: zoom:
Map is loading…

Crime overview

Highfield Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 80 local areas in Spinney Hills , and the 69th highest crime rate of 954 local areas in Leicester .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Highfield Street (LE2 1AD) in the last 12 months was 358.6 per 1,000 residents and was 507.2% 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 75 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 800.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 96 (≈ 191.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 65.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -5.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Highfield Street (LE2 1AD), the main crime hotspot is near Lincoln Street. Police recorded 82 crimes here, including 34 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

View Crime In Spinney Hills

Crime Over Time in Highfield Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/81)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Tichborne Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Saxby Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Sparkenhoe Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Highfield Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Highfield Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Apollo Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Guthlaxton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Guthlaxton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Guthlaxton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Seymour Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Seymour Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Saxby Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Sparkenhoe Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Saxby Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Saxby Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Saxby Street —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Stoughton Street South Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Churchill Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Victoria Avenue —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Mercury Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Mercury Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Upper New Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Upper New Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sparkenhoe Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mill Hill Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gopsall Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Barnard Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tichborne Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mill Hill Lane —
* on or near this location Page 1 • Showing 30 of 81

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.

↑