Total Crime Rate

100.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

51.6 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 100.5 8/10
  • Violent crimes 51.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 43.5 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 24.5 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.9 7/10
  • Public order 5.4 5/10
  • Burglary 2.7 2/10
  • Drugs 2.7 2/10
  • Other crime 2.7 2/10
  • Other theft 2.7 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.7 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.7 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Bartholomew Street area has the 20th highest crime rate of 77 local areas in Spinney Hills , and the 387th 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 Bartholomew Street (LE2 1FA) in the last 12 months was 100.5 per 1,000 residents and was 88.2% 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 51.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 26.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -74.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bartholomew Street (LE2 1FA), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Bartholomew Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Twycross Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order St Peters Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Biddulph Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cedar Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cedar Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chandos Street Further investigation is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chandos Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Guilford Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Guilford Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Donnington Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Bartholomew Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lonsdale Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Kings Newton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Kings Newton Street
Apr 2026Possession of weapons St Peters Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Evington Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St Peters Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ashover Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ashover Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St James Road
Apr 2026Bicycle theft St James Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St James Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St James Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Evington Place
Apr 2026Other theft Conifer Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Evington Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime St James Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St James Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cedar Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cedar Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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