Total Crime Rate

105.9 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 105.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 41.9 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 27.1 8/10
  • Public order 12.3 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.9 8/10
  • Burglary 4.9 5/10
  • Other theft 4.9 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.5 1/10
  • Robbery 2.5 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Ring Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Knighton , and the 391st highest crime rate of 954 local areas in Leicester .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Ring Road (LE2 3RS) in the last 12 months was 105.9 per 1,000 residents and was 44.4% higher than the Knighton average (73.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 56.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 43.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 6.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ring Road (LE2 3RS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Southland Road, where police recorded 19 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Link Road (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Ring Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sidney Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sidney Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Link Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Link Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Goldhill Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Portsdown Road Further action is not in the public interest
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Data Sources

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