Total Crime Rate

934.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 934.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 376.3 10/10
  • Public order 136.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 105.3 10/10
  • Other theft 79.0 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 76.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 55.3 10/10
  • Drugs 23.7 10/10
  • Burglary 21.1 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 18.4 10/10
  • Shoplifting 15.8 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 10.5 10/10
  • Other crime 5.3 7/10
  • Robbery 5.3 7/10
  • Theft from the person 5.3 7/10
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

Welford Road area has the 14th highest crime rate of 108 local areas in Castle , and the 19th highest crime rate of 954 local areas in Leicester .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Welford Road (LE2 7AB) in the last 12 months was 934.2 per 1,000 residents and was 86.3% higher than the Castle average (501.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 143 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 201 (≈ 528.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 36.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Welford Road (LE2 7AB), the main crime hotspot is near Hospital. Police recorded 534 crimes here, including 405 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Welford Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/192)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Park Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Stamford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Infirmary Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Infirmary Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Infirmary Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Infirmary Close Local resolution
Sep 2025Burglary Chatham Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Infirmary Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lower Brown Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lower Brown Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lower Brown Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lower Brown Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lower Brown Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Chatham Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Chatham Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Stamford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Infirmary Close Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pelham Way —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Pelham Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Pelham Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pelham Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pelham Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pelham Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mill Street —
Sep 2025Other theft Mill Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mill Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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