Total Crime Rate

235.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 235.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 53.2 8/10
  • Drugs 34.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 30.4 10/10
  • Burglary 26.6 10/10
  • Public order 26.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 19.0 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 15.2 9/10
  • Other theft 11.4 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 11.4 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.8 6/10
  • Shoplifting 3.8 3/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Hinckley Road area has the 20th highest crime rate of 81 local areas in Fosse , and the 128th highest crime rate of 954 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 0TD) in the last 12 months was 235.7 per 1,000 residents and was 85.5% higher than the Fosse average (127.1 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 Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -87.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 91.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hinckley Road (LE3 0TD), the main crime hotspot is near Flora Street. Police recorded 90 crimes here, including 42 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Hinckley Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Fosse Road Central Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Fosse Road Central Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Tyndale Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Luther Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Kate Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fosse Road Central Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Fosse Road Central Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Fosse Road Central Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Fosse Road Central Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tyndale Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Saxon Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Saxon Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs King Richards Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson King Richards Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Livingstone Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Daneshill Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Tyndale Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Latimer Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Saxon Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Flora Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shaftesbury Road
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Shaftesbury Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shaftesbury Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Noble Street
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Norfolk Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Flora Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Flora Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Cranmer Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Flora Street
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Flora Street

Data Sources

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