Total Crime Rate

64.8 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

32.4 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 64.8 6/10
  • Violent crimes 32.4 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 32.4 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.5 8/10
  • Burglary 10.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.0 3/10
  • Other theft 2.5 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.5 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Vaughan Street area has the 24th lowest crime rate of 79 local areas in Fosse , and the 374th lowest crime rate of 942 local areas in Leicester .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Vaughan Street (LE3 5JL) in the last 12 months was 64.8 per 1,000 residents and was 46.9% lower 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 32.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Vaughan Street (LE3 5JL), the main crime hotspot is near Tudor Road. Police recorded 118 crimes here, including 75 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Vaughan Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Kate Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rivers Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tudor Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Dannett Street
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Tewkesbury Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Paget Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Paget Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Paget Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Mantle Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bonchurch Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bonchurch Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Rivers Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Tyrrell Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Rivers Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rivers Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tudor Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rivers Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Borlace Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Kate Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Empire Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Empire Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Empire Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Empire Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Battenberg Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Noble Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Flora Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Flora Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Flora Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Flora Street
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tudor Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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