Crime Rates at Avenue Road, Leicester, LE2 3EB

Avenue Road area has the 53rd lowest crime rate of 106 local areas in Castle , and the 313th highest crime rate of 942 local areas in Leicester .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Avenue Road (LE2 3EB) in the last 12 months was 120.7 per 1,000 residents and was 75.6% lower than the Castle average (495.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -29.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 55.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 27.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Avenue Road (LE2 3EB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Montague Road, where police recorded 56 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Springfield Road (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.