Total Crime Rate
422.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
179.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Kate Street area has the 4th highest crime rate of 79 local areas in Fosse , and the 50th 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 Kate Street (LE3 5RL) in the last 12 months was 422.9 per 1,000 residents and was 246.7% 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 57 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 4 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -37.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 86 (≈ 179.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kate Street (LE3 5RL), 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 | Public order | Flora Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Norfolk Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Kate Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Musgrove Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Flora Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Musgrove Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Musgrove Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Musgrove Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Musgrove Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Musgrove Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Musgrove Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Catesby Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Vaughan Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Norfolk Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Kate Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Vaughan Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Vaughan Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tudor Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Arundel Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tudor Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tudor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tudor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Tudor Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Tudor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fosse Road Central | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fosse Road Central | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fosse Road Central | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Kate Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kate Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Fosse Road Central | Local resolution |
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