Total Crime Rate

17.7 per 1,000 2/10 · Very Low

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 17.7 2/10
  • Other theft 5.1 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.5 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.5 1/10
  • Public order 2.5 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.5 1/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 2.5 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Barmouth Avenue area has the 5th lowest crime rate of 108 local areas in Castle , and the 55th 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 Barmouth Avenue (LE2 6JB) in the last 12 months was 17.7 per 1,000 residents and was 96.5% lower than the Castle average (501.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 5.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Barmouth Avenue (LE2 6JB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Pendlebury Drive, where police recorded 52 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Burnside Road (34 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Barmouth Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pendlebury Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Northdene Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fairholme Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lamborne Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lamborne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lamborne Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Asquith Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pendlebury Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Babingdon Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pendlebury Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pendlebury Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Burnside Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burnside Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burnside Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burnside Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burnside Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burnside Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burnside Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burnside Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Burnside Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fairholme Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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