Total Crime Rate
92.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Lorne Road area has the 43rd lowest crime rate of 108 local areas in Castle , and the 443rd highest crime rate of 954 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 Lorne Road (LE2 1YF) in the last 12 months was 92.7 per 1,000 residents and was 81.5% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 50.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 125.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 1.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lorne Road (LE2 1YF), 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Lytton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Thurlow Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Adderley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Welford Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Welford Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lorne Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fleetwood Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Westbury Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Knighton Junction Lane | Under investigation |
| 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 | Howard Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Howard Road | Under investigation |
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