Total Crime Rate
92.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
26.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cara Close area has the 40th lowest crime rate of 106 local areas in Castle , and the 435th 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 Cara Close (LE2 3UD) in the last 12 months was 92.5 per 1,000 residents and was 81.3% lower than the Castle average (495.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 25.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 26.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cara Close (LE2 3UD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Burlington Road, where police recorded 20 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Carisbrooke Gardens (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Leicester| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carisbrooke Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Landseer Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Carisbrooke Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carisbrooke Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Northcote Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Pendene Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Landseer Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Landseer Road | Under investigation |
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