Total Crime Rate

201.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

58.6 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 201.5 9/10
  • Violent crimes 58.6 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 47.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 47.6 8/10
  • Burglary 29.3 10/10
  • Other theft 22.0 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 22.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.0 7/10
  • Public order 11.0 8/10
  • Other crime 7.3 8/10
  • Shoplifting 3.7 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Hartopp Road area has the 38th highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Castle , and the 141st highest crime rate of 942 local areas in Leicester .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Hartopp Road (LE2 1WF) in the last 12 months was 201.5 per 1,000 residents and was 59.4% lower than the Castle average (495.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 166.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -35.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 58.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 184.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hartopp Road (LE2 1WF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Montague Road, where police recorded 56 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Oxford Road (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Hartopp Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Montague Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Montague Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Montague Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Montague Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Montague Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Further/Higher Educational Building Local resolution
Apr 2026Public order Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Montague Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Montague Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Montague Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Montague Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Montague Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Montague Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lytham Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Montague Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Adderley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Montague Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Montague Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Orlando Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Orlando Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Orlando Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Orlando Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Montague Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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