Total Crime Rate

133.1 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 133.1 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 91.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.8 8/10
  • Other crime 8.9 9/10
  • Public order 8.9 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.9 3/10
  • Other theft 3.0 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.0 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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

Burnside Road area has the 16th highest crime rate of 52 local areas in Eyres Monsell , and the 284th 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 Burnside Road (LE2 6QE) in the last 12 months was 133.1 per 1,000 residents and was 10.2% lower than the Eyres Monsell average (148.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 29.2% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 100.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 21.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Burnside Road (LE2 6QE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Boulder Lane, where police recorded 46 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 Burnside Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burnside Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burnside Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Burnside Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burnside Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grampian Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Neston Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Neston Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grampian Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Boulder Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Boulder Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Boulder Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Boulder Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Boulder Lane Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Boulder Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Boulder Lane Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brookfield Rise Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Babingdon Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Neston Gardens
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Neston Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burnside Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burnside Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burnside Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Burnside Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Neston Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Neston Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burnside Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Prentice Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Neston Gardens Local resolution

Data Sources

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