Total Crime Rate
124.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Aylestone Road area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Aylestone , and the 314th 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 Aylestone Road (LE2 7QJ) in the last 12 months was 124.6 per 1,000 residents and was 2.0% 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 60.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -81.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Aylestone Road (LE2 7QJ), the main crime hotspot is near Pentland Close. Police recorded 43 crimes here, including 31 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Aylestone| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Swanscombe Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Batten Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Richmond Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Richmond Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Richmond Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pentland Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Aylestone Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Aylestone Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Aylestone Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Aylestone Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Aylestone Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Richmond Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cavendish Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cavendish Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pentland Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cavendish Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Old Saffron Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Saffron Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Saffron Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Old Saffron Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Richmond Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Dartford Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Rutland Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Rutland Avenue | Under investigation |
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