Total Crime Rate

280.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 280.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 101.5 10/10
  • Public order 40.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 36.9 9/10
  • Burglary 30.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.4 8/10
  • Shoplifting 15.4 6/10
  • Other theft 12.3 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.2 7/10
  • Other crime 6.2 8/10
  • Robbery 6.2 7/10
  • Drugs 3.1 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Stretton Road area has the 14th highest crime rate of 81 local areas in Fosse , and the 98th highest crime rate of 954 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 Stretton Road (LE3 6BL) in the last 12 months was 280.0 per 1,000 residents and was 120.3% higher than the Fosse average (127.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 33 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 1100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 49 (≈ 150.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 308.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Stretton Road (LE3 6BL), the main crime hotspot is near Flora Street. Police recorded 90 crimes here, including 42 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Stretton Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/55)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Fosse Road Central Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tyndale Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Fosse Road Central Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Westcotes Drive —
Sep 2025Other theft Westcotes Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westcotes Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Church Avenue —
Sep 2025Burglary Flora Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Flora Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Flora Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Flora Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Flora Street —
Sep 2025Public order Linkway Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Drugs Tyndale Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Wentworth Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Stretton Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stretton Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Tyndale Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Luther Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Daneshill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Daneshill Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Livingstone Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson King Richards Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs King Richards Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fosse Road Central Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Fosse Road Central Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Fosse Road Central Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Fosse Road Central Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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