Crime Rates at Paget Street, Leicester, LE2 8SP

Paget Street area has the 22nd lowest crime rate of 47 local areas in Aylestone , and the 360th 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 Paget Street (LE2 8SP) in the last 12 months was 108.4 per 1,000 residents and was 9.5% 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 80.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 66.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 18.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Paget Street (LE2 8SP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sports/Recreation Area, where police recorded 43 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near A426 (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.