Total Crime Rate

113.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

64.4 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 113.5 8/10
  • Violent crimes 64.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 46.0 8/10
  • Drugs 12.3 9/10
  • Other theft 12.3 8/10
  • Public order 12.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.2 5/10
  • Burglary 6.1 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.1 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.1 4/10
  • Robbery 3.1 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.1 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Cavendish Road area has the 24th lowest crime rate of 47 local areas in Aylestone , and the 336th highest crime rate of 942 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 7PL) in the last 12 months was 113.5 per 1,000 residents and was 5.2% lower than the Aylestone average (119.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 64.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cavendish Road (LE2 7PL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Clifton Road, where police recorded 49 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Kempson Road (36 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
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Cavendish Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Lothair Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Lorrimer Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hughenden Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hughenden Drive
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Old Saffron Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Old Saffron Lane
Apr 2026Drugs Clifton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Denmark Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Grace Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Lothair Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Oliver Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Grace Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Richmond Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Cavendish Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kempson Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Kempson Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Park Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Park Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Park Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Park Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Oliver Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Clifton Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Oliver Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Lansdowne Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Cavendish Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cavendish Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Aylestone Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cavendish Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hawkins Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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