Total Crime Rate
103.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
44.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Laurel Road 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 Laurel Road (LE2 1FR) 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 Laurel Road (LE2 1FR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Onslow Street, where police recorded 56 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Leicester| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ashover Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Shipley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Baslow Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Baslow Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Biddulph Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Baslow Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Devana Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Donnington Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Kings Newton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bonsall Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kings Newton Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cedar Road | 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 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Cedar Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Cedar Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Draper Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Draper Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Abney Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lyme Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyme Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyme Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyme Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Evington Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Evington Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Evington Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kingston Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Vale Road | Under investigation |
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