Total Crime Rate
443.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
203.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Fosse Road North area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 79 local areas in Fosse , and the 45th 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 Fosse Road North (LE3 5EZ) in the last 12 months was 443.7 per 1,000 residents and was 263.7% 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 75 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 96 (≈ 203.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Fosse Road North (LE3 5EZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 94 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Empire Road (41 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Leicester| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Borlace Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Empire Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Paget Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Paget Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Paget Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Mantle Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Empire Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Empire Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Empire Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hoby Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beatrice Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beatrice Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beatrice Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beatrice Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Beatrice Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Beatrice Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Battenberg Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vernon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Balfour Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Tyrrell Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Central Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bonchurch Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bonchurch Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bonchurch Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bonchurch Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bonchurch Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bonchurch Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Central Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Central Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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