Total Crime Rate

79.1 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

39.6 per 1,000 7/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 79.1 7/10
  • Violent crimes 39.6 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 32.4 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 23.4 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.4 4/10
  • Public order 5.4 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.4 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 1.8 1/10
  • Burglary 1.8 1/10
  • Other theft 1.8 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 1.8 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Devana Road area has the 29th highest crime rate of 77 local areas in Spinney Hills , and the 445th lowest crime rate of 942 local areas in Leicester .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Devana Road (LE2 1PL) in the last 12 months was 79.1 per 1,000 residents and was 48.2% 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 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 39.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Devana Road (LE2 1PL), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Devana Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ashover Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Halsbury Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lyme Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lyme Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Elmfield Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ashover Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lyme Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Elmfield Avenue
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime New Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Lyme Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Elmfield Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Evington Parks Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Evington Parks Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Herschell Street
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Elmfield Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Evington Parks Road
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Elmfield Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Elmfield Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Conifer Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Evington Parks Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Chaucer Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Chaucer Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chaucer Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chaucer Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Kingston Road

Data Sources

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