Total Crime Rate

103.4 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

44.7 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 103.4 8/10
  • Violent crimes 44.7 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 36.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 36.3 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.2 7/10
  • Public order 5.6 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.8 3/10
  • Drugs 2.8 2/10
  • Other theft 2.8 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.8 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.8 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Lonsdale Street area has the 19th highest crime rate of 77 local areas in Spinney Hills , and the 382nd highest crime rate of 942 local areas in Leicester .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Lonsdale Street (LE2 1BP) in the last 12 months was 103.4 per 1,000 residents and was 93.5% higher than the Spinney Hills average (53.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 44.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 148.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lonsdale Street (LE2 1BP), the main crime hotspot is near Onslow Street. Police recorded 56 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Lonsdale Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/49)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Draper Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Guilford Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Twycross Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Abney Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Bonsall Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Biddulph Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Kings Newton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Kings Newton Street —
Apr 2026Public order St Peters Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Possession of weapons St Peters Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ashover Road —
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Bartholomew Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Guilford Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Roslyn Street —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Chaucer Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Evington Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Evington Place —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Evington Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Conifer Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Diseworth Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St Peters Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chandos Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Fairfield Street —
Apr 2026Other crime Derwent Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Derwent Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Draper Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ashover Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Twycross Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Chaucer Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dronfield Street Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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