Total Crime Rate

54.3 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 54.3 5/10
  • Shoplifting 12.8 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 10.6 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.3 3/10
  • Public order 5.3 5/10
  • Other theft 4.3 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.2 4/10
  • Burglary 3.2 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.2 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.1 1/10
  • Drugs 2.1 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 1.1 1/10
  • Robbery 1.1 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Westbury Road area has the 25th lowest crime rate of 108 local areas in Castle , and the 298th lowest crime rate of 954 local areas in Leicester .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Westbury Road (LE2 6AG) in the last 12 months was 54.3 per 1,000 residents and was 89.2% lower than the Castle average (501.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 1100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 18.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -63.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 46.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Westbury Road (LE2 6AG), the main crime hotspot is near Putney Road. Police recorded 75 crimes here, including 41 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Westbury Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (16/16)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Keble Road Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Putney Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Putney Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Putney Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Wordsworth Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Welford Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Public order Keble Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Welford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Westbury Road Local resolution
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 Thurlow Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Knighton Junction Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Kingsley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fleetwood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Putney Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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