Total Crime Rate
777.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Jarrom Street area has the 15th highest crime rate of 108 local areas in Castle , and the 22nd 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 Jarrom Street (LE2 7DX) in the last 12 months was 777.6 per 1,000 residents and was 55.0% higher than the Castle average (501.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 277 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -14.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 62 (≈ 117.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 169.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 47.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Jarrom Street (LE2 7DX), 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.
View Crime In Castle| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Mill Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Newarke Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rydal Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Lineker Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lineker Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Filbert Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Windermere Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Windermere Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Windermere Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Windermere Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Windermere Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Ullswater Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ullswater Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ullswater Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Newarke Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Mill Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Coniston Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Grasmere Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Grasmere Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Grasmere Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Eastern Boulevard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Eastern Boulevard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Eastern Boulevard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Rydal Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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