Total Crime Rate

159.2 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 159.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 53.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 28.6 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 24.5 10/10
  • Other theft 16.3 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.2 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 8.2 9/10
  • Public order 8.2 6/10
  • Burglary 4.1 5/10
  • Shoplifting 4.1 3/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

London Road area has the 48th highest crime rate of 108 local areas in Castle , and the 230th highest crime rate of 954 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 London Road (LE2 1EG) in the last 12 months was 159.2 per 1,000 residents and was 68.3% lower than the Castle average (501.5 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 Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -41.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 36.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around London Road (LE2 1EG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Mill Hill Lane, where police recorded 75 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (32 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in London Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/63)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tichborne Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Drugs Sparkenhoe Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sparkenhoe Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Sparkenhoe Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Welland Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Seymour Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Seymour Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Albans Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Saxby Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Saxby Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Saxby Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Saxby Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Saxby Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Victoria Avenue —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Upper New Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Upper New Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building —
Sep 2025Other theft Churchill Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson College Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Mill Hill Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Highfield Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mill Hill Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mill Hill Lane Awaiting court outcome
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Data Sources

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