Crime Rates at Dashwood Road, Leicester, LE2 1PH

Dashwood Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 80 local areas in Spinney Hills , and the 109th 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 Dashwood Road (LE2 1PH) in the last 12 months was 256.4 per 1,000 residents and was 334.2% 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 57 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 78 (≈ 142.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -24.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dashwood Road (LE2 1PH), 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.