Total Crime Rate

131.0 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 131.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 32.0 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 22.4 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.0 9/10
  • Public order 16.0 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.8 9/10
  • Other theft 9.6 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.4 8/10
  • Burglary 6.4 7/10
  • Drugs 3.2 3/10
  • Other crime 3.2 3/10
  • Shoplifting 3.2 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Keble Road area has the 52nd lowest crime rate of 108 local areas in Castle , and the 295th highest 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 Keble Road (LE2 6AF) in the last 12 months was 131.0 per 1,000 residents and was 73.9% 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 47.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -1.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Keble Road (LE2 6AF), the main crime hotspot is near Heather Road. Police recorded 76 crimes here, including 72 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Keble Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Keble Road Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Drugs Westbury Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heather Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pope Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cowper Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Herrick Road
Sep 2025Shoplifting Knighton Junction Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fleetwood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heather Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Wordsworth Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Thurlow Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Keble Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ashford Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ashford Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Welford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Welford Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heather Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Burglary Kingsley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heather Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Burns Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heather Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burns Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Knighton Fields Road East Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Heather Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heather Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heather Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heather Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heather Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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