Total Crime Rate
319.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
67.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Upperton Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 79 local areas in Fosse , and the 76th 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 Upperton Road (LE3 0HB) in the last 12 months was 319.9 per 1,000 residents and was 162.2% higher than the Fosse average (122.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -52.2% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 67.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -35.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Upperton Road (LE3 0HB), the main crime hotspot is near Westleigh Road. Police recorded 108 crimes here, including 40 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Ivy Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Westleigh Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beaconsfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Beaconsfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Beaconsfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Beaconsfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Beaconsfield Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Westleigh Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Westleigh Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ivy Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ivy Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cambridge Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Walton Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Walton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Westleigh Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Westleigh Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Noel Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bruce Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Walton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bruce Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bruce Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shaftesbury Road | Under investigation |
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