Total Crime Rate

121.8 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 121.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 31.5 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 16.4 10/10
  • Other theft 12.3 8/10
  • Public order 10.9 8/10
  • Robbery 9.6 9/10
  • Burglary 8.2 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.2 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.8 4/10
  • Theft from the person 5.5 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.1 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.7 1/10
  • Drugs 2.7 2/10
  • Shoplifting 2.7 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Grasmere Street area has the 51st lowest crime rate of 108 local areas in Castle , and the 325th highest crime rate of 954 local areas in Leicester .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Grasmere Street (LE2 7DA) in the last 12 months was 121.8 per 1,000 residents and was 75.7% 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 2 cases , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 41 (≈ 56.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 44.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Grasmere Street (LE2 7DA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Mill Lane, where police recorded 319 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Tarragon Road (58 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Grasmere Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ullswater Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mill Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mill Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mill Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mill Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mill Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mill Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Mill Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Mill Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Mill Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Windermere Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Windermere Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Windermere Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Windermere Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ullswater Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mill Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ullswater Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Newarke Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newarke Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Sports/Recreation Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Sports/Recreation Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Sports/Recreation Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Grasmere Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Grasmere Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Thirlmere Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Jarrom Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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