Total Crime Rate
115.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
50.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Aylestone 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 8TA) 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 8TA), 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 | Vehicle crime | Lothair Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hughenden Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Batten Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Batten Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Batten Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Batten Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Batten Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aylestone Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Harold Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Harold Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lothair Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hughenden Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Park Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Denmark Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Park Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Park Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Park Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lansdowne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lansdowne Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cavendish Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Cavendish Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Cavendish Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cavendish Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cavendish Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hughenden Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rutland Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Richmond Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grace Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grace Road | Under investigation |
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