Total Crime Rate
196.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
115.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Heathcott Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 52 local areas in Eyres Monsell , and the 146th 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 Heathcott Road (LE2 6LS) in the last 12 months was 196.0 per 1,000 residents and was 36.6% higher than the Eyres Monsell average (143.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 46 (≈ 115.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Heathcott Road (LE2 6LS), the main crime hotspot is near Boulder Lane. Police recorded 50 crimes here, including 35 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Leicester| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Heathcott Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Neston Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Apple Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Neston Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boulder Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Neston Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Copinger Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Copinger Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Uplands Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Neston Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boulder Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Heathcott Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Heathcott Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Heathcott Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Heathcott Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Heathcott Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Heathcott Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | The Crossway | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boulder Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Neston Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Apple Crescent | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boulder Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Elston Fields | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brookfield Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brookfield Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brookfield Rise | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Boulder Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Uplands Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bloomfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cheviot Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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