Total Crime Rate
64.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
32.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Vaughan 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.
View Crime In Leicester| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Kate Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rivers Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tudor Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dannett Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Tewkesbury Street | Under investigation |
| 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 | Bonchurch Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bonchurch Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Rivers Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Tyrrell Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Rivers Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rivers Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tudor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rivers Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Borlace Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Kate Street | 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Empire Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Battenberg Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Noble Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Flora Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Flora Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Flora Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Flora Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tudor Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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