Total Crime Rate
146.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
59.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026St Stephens Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 77 local areas in Spinney Hills , and the 242nd 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 St Stephens Road (LE2 1GH) in the last 12 months was 146.7 per 1,000 residents and was 174.6% 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 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 7.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 59.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -21.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around St Stephens Road (LE2 1GH), the main crime hotspot is near Ripon Street. Police recorded 57 crimes here, including 34 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Leicester| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Kings Newton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Welland Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chaucer Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Twycross Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chaucer Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hamilton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | St Stephens Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Bartholomew Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Welland Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Welland Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Abingdon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Welland Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Welland Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Welland Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Welland Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Welland Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St James Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | St James Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Guilford Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Abingdon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St James Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Twycross Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cedar Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Roslyn Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kings Newton Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cedar Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St Peters Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Cedar Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Cedar Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Skipworth Street | Under investigation |
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