Total Crime Rate
1537.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
1139.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Jarrom Street area has the 7th highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Castle , and the 9th highest crime rate of 942 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 Jarrom Street (LE2 7DJ) in the last 12 months was 1537.6 per 1,000 residents and was 210.1% higher than the Castle average (495.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 222 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 5 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -23.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 424 (≈ 1139.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 135.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Jarrom Street (LE2 7DJ), the main crime hotspot is near Hospital. Police recorded 570 crimes here, including 416 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Leicester| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hospital | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Windermere Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Windermere Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Windermere Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hospital | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ullswater Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Windermere Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ullswater Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Brown Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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