Total Crime Rate
190.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
95.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Tennyson Street area has the 5th highest crime rate of 77 local areas in Spinney Hills , and the 151st 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 Tennyson Street (LE2 1HS) in the last 12 months was 190.9 per 1,000 residents and was 257.5% higher than the Spinney Hills average (53.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 40 (≈ 95.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Tennyson Street (LE2 1HS), 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Stanley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Cedar Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Evington Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lonsdale Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Bartholomew Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chandos Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chandos Street | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| 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 | Burglary | Cedar Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tennyson Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Evington Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chaucer Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chaucer Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Chaucer Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Chaucer Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | St Stephens Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mayfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Mayfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St James Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | St James Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St James Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Evington Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Roslyn Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | St James Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Elmfield Avenue | Under investigation |
| 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Devana Road | — |
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