Total Crime Rate

89.5 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 89.5 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 58.4 9/10
  • Other theft 15.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.9 2/10
  • Other crime 3.9 5/10
  • Theft from the person 3.9 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.9 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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
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

Southernhay Road area has the 41st lowest crime rate of 108 local areas in Castle , and the 460th highest 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 Southernhay Road (LE2 3TJ) in the last 12 months was 89.5 per 1,000 residents and was 82.2% lower than the Castle average (501.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 58.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -42.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 24.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Southernhay Road (LE2 3TJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cross Road, where police recorded 23 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Burlington Road (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Southernhay Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Springfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Pendene Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Springfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Avenue Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Birkdale Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beechcroft Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Stoneygate Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cross Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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