Crime Rates at Havelock Street, Leicester, LE2 7HL

Havelock Street area has the 30th highest crime rate of 108 local areas in Castle , and the 70th 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 Havelock Street (LE2 7HL) in the last 12 months was 358.2 per 1,000 residents and was 28.6% 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 42 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 61 (≈ 146.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 16.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Havelock Street (LE2 7HL), the main crime hotspot is near Hospital. Police recorded 580 crimes here, including 430 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.