Total Crime Rate

83.8 per 1,000 7/10 · High

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 83.8 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 23.1 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 20.2 5/10
  • Burglary 11.6 9/10
  • Drugs 8.7 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.8 5/10
  • Public order 5.8 5/10
  • Other crime 2.9 3/10
  • Other theft 2.9 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.9 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Northcote Road area has the 39th lowest crime rate of 108 local areas in Castle , and the 468th lowest crime rate of 954 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 Northcote Road (LE2 3FJ) in the last 12 months was 83.8 per 1,000 residents and was 83.3% 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 700.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 26.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Northcote Road (LE2 3FJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Newmarket Street, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Landseer Road (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Northcote Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Pendene Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Carisbrooke Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Eton Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Eton Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Eton Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Eton Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Landseer Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Northcote Road

Data Sources

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