Total Crime Rate
52.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Thurlow Road area has the 21st lowest crime rate of 108 local areas in Castle , and the 277th lowest crime rate of 954 local areas in Leicester .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Thurlow Road (LE2 1YE) in the last 12 months was 52.6 per 1,000 residents and was 89.5% lower than the Castle average (501.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 33.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 71.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Thurlow Road (LE2 1YE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 53 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Further/Higher Educational Building (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Castle| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lorne Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Welford Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Lytton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Thurlow Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fleetwood Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Keble Road | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Adderley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Keble Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Welford Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Wordsworth Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cowper Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Westbury Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Knighton Junction Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Howard Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Howard Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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