Total Crime Rate

50.6 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

37.4 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 50.6 5/10
  • Violent crimes 37.4 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 35.2 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.4 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.2 1/10
  • Drugs 2.2 1/10
  • Other crime 2.2 1/10
  • Public order 2.2 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.2 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Avon Street area has the 29th lowest crime rate of 77 local areas in Spinney Hills , and the 276th 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 Avon Street (LE2 1BD) in the last 12 months was 50.6 per 1,000 residents and was 5.4% 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -83.3% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 45.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -83.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 37.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 30.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Avon Street (LE2 1BD), 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 St James Road (32 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Avon Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Welland Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Evington Street Under investigation
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 2026Burglary St Albans Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Abingdon Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Stoughton Street South Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Medway Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Medway Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Skipworth Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Guthlaxton Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Guilford Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Evington Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Abingdon Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Guilford Street Unable to prosecute suspect
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 2026Anti-social behaviour Highfield Street
Apr 2026Other theft Mill Hill Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Mill Hill Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Mill Hill Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St James Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Albans Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St Peters Road

Data Sources

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