Total Crime Rate
201.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
58.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hartopp 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.
View Crime In Leicester| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Montague Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Montague Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Montague Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Montague Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Montague Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Further/Higher Educational Building | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Montague Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Montague Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Montague Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Montague Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Montague Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Montague Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lytham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Montague Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Adderley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Montague Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Montague Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Orlando Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Orlando Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orlando Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orlando Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Montague Road | Under investigation |
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