Total Crime Rate
95.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
43.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Nevanthon Road area has the 33rd lowest crime rate of 79 local areas in Fosse , and the 415th 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 Nevanthon Road (LE3 6DR) in the last 12 months was 95.7 per 1,000 residents and was 21.6% 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 43.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Nevanthon Road (LE3 6DR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bolton Road, where police recorded 25 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Petworth Drive (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Leicester| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dunster Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Carlisle Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dunster Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Mostyn Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mostyn Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodville Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Mostyn Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mostyn Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Melcroft Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Sandhurst Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sandhurst Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sandhurst Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dartmouth Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Danehurst Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nevanthon Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wynfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ambrose Close | Under investigation |
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