Total Crime Rate

120.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

55.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 120.7 8/10
  • Violent crimes 55.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 37.2 7/10
  • Public order 18.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.5 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 15.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.3 5/10
  • Drugs 9.3 8/10
  • Other theft 9.3 7/10
  • Burglary 6.2 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Avenue Gardens 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 Gardens (LE2 3EU) 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 Gardens (LE2 3EU), the main crime hotspot is near London Road. Police recorded 36 crimes here, including 25 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Avenue Gardens area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Burglary London Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft West Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Avenue Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Springfield Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Pendene Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Queens Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Springfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime West Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences London Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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