Total Crime Rate
221.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Evington 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.
View Crime In Spinney Hills| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Roslyn Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gopsall Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tennyson Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tennyson Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Tennyson Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cedar Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cedar Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cedar Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Herschell Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gopsall Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Welland Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | St James Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Churchill Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Ripon Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ripon Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Albans Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ripon Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ripon Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Highfield Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chaucer Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chaucer Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Peters Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Onslow Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | St James Terrace | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St James Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St James Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | St James Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | St James Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Further/Higher Educational Building | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Skipworth Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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