Crime Rates at Shropshire Road, Leicester, LE2 8HX

Shropshire Road area has the 21st lowest crime rate of 47 local areas in Aylestone , and the 445th highest crime rate of 954 local areas in Leicester .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Shropshire Road (LE2 8HX) in the last 12 months was 92.3 per 1,000 residents and was 24.5% lower than the Aylestone average (122.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -41.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 40.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -31.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Shropshire Road (LE2 8HX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 43 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Duncan Road (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.