Total Crime Rate

161.4 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 161.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 55.7 9/10
  • Other theft 24.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.1 7/10
  • Public order 14.7 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.5 9/10
  • Drugs 7.8 7/10
  • Burglary 7.3 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.5 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.3 4/10
  • Robbery 3.0 3/10
  • Shoplifting 2.2 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.2 1/10
  • Other crime 1.3 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 1.3 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

Welford Road area has the 47th highest crime rate of 108 local areas in Castle , and the 222nd highest crime rate of 954 local areas in Leicester .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Welford Road (LE2 7AE) in the last 12 months was 161.4 per 1,000 residents and was 67.8% lower 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 129 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 3 cases , down -25.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 190.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -63.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 173 (≈ 74.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -14.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Welford Road (LE2 7AE), 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 (30/268)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rawson Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Park Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Millstone Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Millstone Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Millstone Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Millstone Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Millstone Lane —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Horsefair Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Park Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Friar Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Belvoir Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Friar Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Friar Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Friar Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Friar Lane Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Friar Lane —
Sep 2025Public order Park Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Trinity Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Trinity Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Belvoir Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Upper Brown Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Trinity Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Bishop Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bishop Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bishop Street —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bishop Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bishop Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Bishop Street Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Drugs Bishop Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Public order Bishop Street Awaiting court outcome
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Data Sources

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