Total Crime Rate

47.3 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 47.3 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.6 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 14.6 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.9 7/10
  • Burglary 7.3 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Gainsborough Road area has the 18th lowest crime rate of 108 local areas in Castle , and the 239th 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 Gainsborough Road (LE2 3DG) in the last 12 months was 47.3 per 1,000 residents and was 90.6% lower than the Castle average (501.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 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 4 (≈ 14.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 23.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gainsborough Road (LE2 3DG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 53 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Welford Road (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Gainsborough Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Welford Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Public order Welford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Houlditch Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fleetwood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Keble Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Keble Road Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lorne Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Herrick Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gainsborough Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cowper Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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