Total Crime Rate

104.1 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

44.6 per 1,000 7/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 104.1 8/10
  • Violent crimes 44.6 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 31.6 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.0 8/10
  • Other theft 13.0 9/10
  • Public order 13.0 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.4 4/10
  • Burglary 3.7 4/10
  • Drugs 3.7 4/10
  • Theft from the person 3.7 5/10
  • Other crime 1.9 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Woodbine Avenue area has the 18th highest crime rate of 77 local areas in Spinney Hills , and the 378th highest crime rate of 942 local areas in Leicester .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Woodbine Avenue (LE2 1AJ) in the last 12 months was 104.1 per 1,000 residents and was 94.9% 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 44.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Woodbine Avenue (LE2 1AJ), 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 Parking Area (31 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Woodbine Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Welland Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Highfield Street
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Severn Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Severn Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Severn Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Severn Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Severn Street
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Highfield Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Highfield Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Upper New Walk
Apr 2026Robbery Victoria Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Welland Street
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Mill Hill Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Mill Hill Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Welland Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Welland Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Welland Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Welland Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gopsall Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Victoria Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hobart Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary St Albans Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Churchill Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Churchill Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mercury Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Albans Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft St Albans Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs St Albans Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson St Albans Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Sparkenhoe Street

Data Sources

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