Total Crime Rate
254.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
100.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cranmer Street area has the 15th highest crime rate of 79 local areas in Fosse , and the 101st 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 Cranmer Street (LE3 0QA) in the last 12 months was 254.1 per 1,000 residents and was 108.3% higher than the Fosse average (122.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 43 (≈ 100.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cranmer Street (LE3 0QA), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 119 crimes here, including 48 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 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Western Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cranmer Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Equity Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Equity Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shaftesbury Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Shaftesbury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shaftesbury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shaftesbury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ruding Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Western Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Western Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cranmer Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Saxon Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Saxon Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Saxon Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Saxon Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | New Park Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Catesby Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Paton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Musgrove Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Musgrove Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Musgrove Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cranmer Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cranmer Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Musgrove Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Fosse Road Central | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thorpe Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Briton Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fosse Road Central | Local resolution |
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