Total Crime Rate
18.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
11.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Vaughan Road area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 47 local areas in Aylestone , and the 63rd lowest crime rate of 942 local areas in Leicester .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Vaughan Road (LE2 8RF) in the last 12 months was 18.7 per 1,000 residents and was 84.4% 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 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 11.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Vaughan Road (LE2 8RF), the main crime hotspot is near Saffron Lane. Police recorded 79 crimes here, including 47 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Leicester| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Caroline Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hallaton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Burgess Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hallaton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hallaton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hallaton Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Caroline Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Caroline Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Caroline Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Caroline Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grace Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Gedge Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grace Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Handley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Handley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Manners Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Manners Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Manners Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Leeson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Leeson Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Burgess Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Percy Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hallaton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gedge Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Saffron Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | B5366 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lorraine Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | B5366 | Under investigation |
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