Total Crime Rate
108.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
43.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Aylestone Road area has the 23rd lowest crime rate of 47 local areas in Aylestone , and the 355th highest crime rate of 942 local areas in Leicester .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Aylestone Road (LE2 8BJ) in the last 12 months was 108.9 per 1,000 residents and was 9.1% 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 43.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Aylestone Road (LE2 8BJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Richmond Avenue, where police recorded 32 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Harold Street (24 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 | Hughenden Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aylestone Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Batten Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Harold Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Harold Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lothair Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Batten Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lothair Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Denmark Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hughenden Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Batten Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Batten Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Oliver Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Park Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Park Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Oliver Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Batten Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rutland Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lansdowne Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cavendish Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cavendish Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Cavendish Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Park Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Oliver Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Richmond Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Cavendish Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Park Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cavendish Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lansdowne Road | Under investigation |
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