Total Crime Rate

115.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

50.5 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 115.5 8/10
  • Violent crimes 50.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 39.7 8/10
  • Burglary 21.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.8 6/10
  • Drugs 10.8 8/10
  • Public order 10.8 8/10
  • Other theft 7.2 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.2 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.6 5/10
  • Other crime 3.6 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Aylestone Road area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Aylestone , and the 330th 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 Aylestone Road (LE2 8BL) in the last 12 months was 115.5 per 1,000 residents and was 3.5% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 50.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -74.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Aylestone Road (LE2 8BL), the main crime hotspot is near Kempson Road. Police recorded 47 crimes here, including 36 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Aylestone Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cavendish Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hughenden Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lansdowne Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Lansdowne Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Denmark Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Harold Street 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 Cavendish Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hughenden Drive
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hughenden Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Park Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Batten 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 Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Batten Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Park Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Lothair Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Aylestone Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Lothair Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Lorrimer Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Rutland Avenue
Apr 2026Public order Park Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Cavendish Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Richmond Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Park Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Manners Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Manners Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parkhill Action to be taken by another organisation

Data Sources

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