Crime Rates at Yardley Drive, Leicester, LE2 6HW

Yardley Drive area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 106 local areas in Castle , and the 117th lowest crime rate of 942 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 Yardley Drive (LE2 6HW) in the last 12 months was 27.9 per 1,000 residents and was 94.4% lower than the Castle average (495.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 15.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -87.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Yardley Drive (LE2 6HW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shackerdale Road, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Westfield Avenue (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.