Total Crime Rate

26.0 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

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 26.0 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.7 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 9.7 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.3 4/10
  • Other crime 3.3 4/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Dorchester Road area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 81 local areas in Fosse , and the 115th lowest crime rate of 954 local areas in Leicester .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Dorchester Road (LE3 0UF) in the last 12 months was 26.0 per 1,000 residents and was 79.6% lower than the Fosse average (127.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 9.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dorchester Road (LE3 0UF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 71 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ashthorpe Road (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Dorchester Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Alcott Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Ashthorpe Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Meadhurst Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Meadhurst Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Meadhurst Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime May Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences May Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Dorchester Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sunnycroft Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Frampton Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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