Total Crime Rate

221.0 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 221.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 66.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 47.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 34.3 9/10
  • Public order 26.7 10/10
  • Other theft 21.0 10/10
  • Other crime 7.6 9/10
  • Drugs 3.8 4/10
  • Robbery 3.8 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 1.9 1/10
  • Burglary 1.9 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 1.9 1/10
  • Shoplifting 1.9 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 1.9 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

Evington Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 80 local areas in Spinney Hills , and the 138th highest crime rate of 954 local areas in Leicester .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Evington Road (LE2 1HG) in the last 12 months was 221.0 per 1,000 residents and was 274.2% higher than the Spinney Hills average (59.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 52 (≈ 99.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 25.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Evington Road (LE2 1HG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Onslow Street, where police recorded 96 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ripon Street (51 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Evington Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Roslyn Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gopsall Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tennyson Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tennyson Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Tennyson Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cedar Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cedar Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cedar Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Public order Herschell Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gopsall Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Welland Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order St James Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Churchill Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Ripon Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ripon Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Albans Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ripon Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ripon Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Highfield Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chaucer Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chaucer Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Peters Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Onslow Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs St James Terrace Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St James Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St James Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery St James Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson St James Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Further/Higher Educational Building Local resolution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Skipworth Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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