Total Crime Rate
270.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
110.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hinckley Road area has the 12th highest crime rate of 79 local areas in Fosse , and the 93rd highest crime rate of 942 local areas in Leicester .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Hinckley Road (LE3 0RB) in the last 12 months was 270.0 per 1,000 residents and was 121.3% 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 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 110.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hinckley Road (LE3 0RB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Flora Street, where police recorded 67 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Fosse Road Central (42 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Leicester| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Clifford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tyndale Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Tyndale Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Tyndale Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Arundel Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Luther Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Flora Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fosse Road Central | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fosse Road Central | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fosse Road Central | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Fosse Road Central | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Fosse Road Central | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Andrewes Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ruding Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gaul Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kate Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Kate Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Kate Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Norfolk Street | Local resolution |
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