Total Crime Rate
150.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
42.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Andrewes Street area has the 30th highest crime rate of 79 local areas in Fosse , and the 227th highest crime rate of 942 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 Andrewes Street (LE3 5PA) in the last 12 months was 150.3 per 1,000 residents and was 23.2% 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 42.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 15.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Andrewes Street (LE3 5PA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Flora Street, where police recorded 67 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Fosse Road Central (42 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Leicester| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | King Richards Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Musgrove Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rivers Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rivers Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rivers Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Rivers Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Rivers Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Livingstone Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Livingstone Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Livingstone Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Livingstone Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Livingstone Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | New Park Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | New Park Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Earl Howe Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Earl Howe Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Earl Howe Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fosse Road Central | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Musgrove Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Musgrove Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Musgrove Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Andrewes Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Andrewes Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Andrewes Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Andrewes Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Andrewes Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Andrewes Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Andrewes Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ruding Road | Under investigation |
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