Total Crime Rate
225.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
143.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hughenden Drive area has the 7th highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Aylestone , and the 127th 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 Hughenden Drive (LE2 7PX) in the last 12 months was 225.6 per 1,000 residents and was 88.4% higher 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 48 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 56 (≈ 143.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 105.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hughenden Drive (LE2 7PX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Clifton Road, where police recorded 49 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hawkins Road (33 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 | Hawkins Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Saffron Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cavendish Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cavendish Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Pentland Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clifton Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clifton Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Lorrimer Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Clifton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Saffron Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lothair Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Cavendish Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lothair Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Park Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lansdowne Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Park Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Park Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Park Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lansdowne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Cavendish Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pentland Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cavendish Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Oliver Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Batten Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Batten Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Batten Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Batten Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Richmond Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hughenden Drive | Under investigation |
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