Total Crime Rate
76.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
50.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ambleside Drive area has the 15th lowest crime rate of 52 local areas in Eyres Monsell , and the 436th lowest 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 Ambleside Drive (LE2 9FA) in the last 12 months was 76.7 per 1,000 residents and was 46.5% lower than the Eyres Monsell average (143.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 50.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ambleside Drive (LE2 9FA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 77 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sturdee Road (55 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Leicester| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Strensall Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Simmins Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Oak Pool Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oak Pool Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Caversham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sturdee Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sturdee Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sturdee Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sturdee Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sturdee Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sturdee Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sturdee Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sturdee Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sturdee Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Simmins Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woburn Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Autumn Road | Further action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Strensall Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Howden Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Howden Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Garnett Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ford Rise | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hillsborough Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hillsborough Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hillsborough Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hillsborough Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hillsborough Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Royston Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ambleside Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Epping Way | Under investigation |
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