Total Crime Rate
92.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
39.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Coniston Avenue area has the 41st lowest crime rate of 106 local areas in Castle , and the 434th highest crime rate of 942 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 Coniston Avenue (LE2 7FJ) in the last 12 months was 92.7 per 1,000 residents and was 81.3% lower 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 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -85.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -85.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 39.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Coniston Avenue (LE2 7FJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Mill Lane, where police recorded 167 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Western Boulevard (51 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Leicester| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rydal Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Windermere Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tarragon Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tarragon Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Tarragon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Tarragon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Tarragon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Tarragon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Tarragon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tarragon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tarragon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tarragon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Eastern Boulevard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tarragon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Tarragon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Windermere Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ullswater Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Windermere Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Windermere Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lineker Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Lineker Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rydal Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rydal Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Coniston Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Western Boulevard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Western Boulevard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Western Boulevard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Western Boulevard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Western Boulevard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Lane | Under investigation |
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