Total Crime Rate

159.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 159.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 79.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.5 8/10
  • Burglary 12.3 9/10
  • Other theft 12.3 8/10
  • Public order 12.3 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.2 7/10
  • Drugs 6.1 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.1 4/10
  • Theft from the person 3.1 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Cavendish Road area has the 15th highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Aylestone , and the 229th highest crime rate of 954 local areas in Leicester .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Cavendish Road (LE2 7PG) in the last 12 months was 159.5 per 1,000 residents and was 30.5% higher than the Aylestone average (122.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 95.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 19.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cavendish Road (LE2 7PG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Saffron Hill Road, where police recorded 48 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Pentland Close (31 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Cavendish Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Richmond Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Saffron Hill Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Batten Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Aylestone Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Aylestone Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Aylestone Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Aylestone Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Aylestone Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Saffron Hill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Richmond Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Saffron Hill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Oliver Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Richmond Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lansdowne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lansdowne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Lansdowne Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lansdowne Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Richmond Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Richmond Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Saffron Hill Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Saffron Hill Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Rutland Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Old Saffron Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cavendish Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Cavendish Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cavendish Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Park Avenue
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Park Avenue
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Denmark Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Denmark Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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