Total Crime Rate
178.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
75.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Stonesby Avenue area has the 10th highest crime rate of 52 local areas in Eyres Monsell , and the 170th 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 Stonesby Avenue (LE2 6TY) in the last 12 months was 178.8 per 1,000 residents and was 24.7% 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 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 75.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 18.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Stonesby Avenue (LE2 6TY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Stonesby Avenue, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Schoolgate (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Leicester| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Elmwood Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Barfoot Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Stonesby Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Goldhill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Goldhill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Stonesby Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stonesby Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elmwood Row | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Highgate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Barfoot Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Durham Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Stonesby Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Schoolgate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Schoolgate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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