Total Crime Rate

406.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 406.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 166.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 42.7 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 42.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 38.5 10/10
  • Public order 34.2 10/10
  • Drugs 21.4 10/10
  • Other theft 17.1 9/10
  • Other crime 12.8 10/10
  • Burglary 8.6 8/10
  • Robbery 8.6 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.3 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.3 7/10
  • Theft from the person 4.3 6/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Bath Lane area has the 8th highest crime rate of 96 local areas in Abbey , and the 59th highest crime rate of 954 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 Bath Lane (LE3 5BE) in the last 12 months was 406.0 per 1,000 residents and was 161.9% higher than the Abbey average (155.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 39 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -42.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 50 (≈ 213.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -75.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bath Lane (LE3 5BE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 175 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St Nicholas Place (91 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Bath Lane area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Narborough Road North Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Friars Causeway Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Castle Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Castle Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Castle Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Castle Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Castle Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Friars Causeway Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Friars Causeway Local resolution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Friars Causeway Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Nicholas Circle Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Nicholas Circle Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime St Nicholas Circle Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bath Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Bath Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Blackfriars Street
Sep 2025Public order Ruding Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ruding Street
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ruding Street
Sep 2025Other theft St Nicholas Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation

Data Sources

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