Crime Rates at Highfield Street, Leicester, LE2 1AE

Highfield Street area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 77 local areas in Spinney Hills , and the 63rd highest crime rate of 942 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 1AE) in the last 12 months was 358.6 per 1,000 residents and was 571.4% higher 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 68 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 89 (≈ 177.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Highfield Street (LE2 1AE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Mill Hill Lane, where police recorded 150 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Highfield Street (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.