Total Crime Rate
104.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
44.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Sutherland Street area has the 17th highest crime rate of 77 local areas in Spinney Hills , and the 371st 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 Sutherland Street (LE2 1DS) in the last 12 months was 104.9 per 1,000 residents and was 96.4% 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 44.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sutherland Street (LE2 1DS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Onslow Street, where police recorded 56 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.
View Crime In Leicester| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cedar Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kings Newton Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Skipworth Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Medway Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Medway Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lonsdale Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Kings Newton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Abingdon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Donnington Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Abingdon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Cedar Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | St Peters Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St James Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Peters Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hamilton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Twycross Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Bartholomew Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St James Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Biddulph Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cedar Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cedar Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cedar Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bonsall Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Cedar Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tennyson Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Derwent Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Chaucer Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chandos Street | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chandos Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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