Total Crime Rate

225.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

143.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 225.6 10/10
  • Violent crimes 143.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 123.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 25.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 20.5 8/10
  • Public order 20.5 9/10
  • Other theft 10.3 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.3 8/10
  • Burglary 7.7 7/10
  • Theft from the person 5.1 7/10
  • Drugs 2.6 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Hughenden 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.

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Crime Over Time in Hughenden Drive area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hawkins Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Old Saffron Lane
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cavendish Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cavendish Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Pentland Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Clifton Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Clifton Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Other crime Lorrimer Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Clifton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Old Saffron Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Lothair Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Cavendish Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Lothair 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 2026Violence and sexual offences Lansdowne Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Park Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Park Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Park Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Lansdowne Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Cavendish Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Pentland Close
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Cavendish Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Oliver Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Batten Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Batten Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Batten Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Batten Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Richmond Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hughenden Drive Under investigation

Data Sources

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