Total Crime Rate
578.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
227.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Pavilion Close area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Castle , and the 31st 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 Pavilion Close (LE2 7JS) in the last 12 months was 578.0 per 1,000 residents and was 16.6% 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 39 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 64 (≈ 226.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Pavilion Close (LE2 7JS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Putney Road West, where police recorded 169 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sports/Recreation Area (36 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 | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Pavilion Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Putney Road West | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Martindale Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pavilion Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Pavilion Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Pavilion Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Pavilion Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Pavilion Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Pavilion Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Putney Road West | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pavilion Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | New Bridge Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Filbert Street East | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Filbert Street East | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Filbert Street East | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Filbert Street East | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brazil Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brazil Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Putney Road West | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Putney Road West | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Putney Road West | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Walnut Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Burnmoor Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Burnmoor Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burnmoor Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
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