Total Crime Rate

259.5 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 259.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 115.9 10/10
  • Other theft 27.7 10/10
  • Public order 26.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 22.5 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.3 9/10
  • Burglary 10.4 9/10
  • Shoplifting 10.4 5/10
  • Drugs 8.7 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.9 6/10
  • Theft from the person 5.2 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.5 5/10
  • Other crime 3.5 4/10
  • Robbery 1.7 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Swannington Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 67 local areas in Beaumont Leys , and the 106th highest crime rate of 954 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 Swannington Road (LE3 9AG) in the last 12 months was 259.5 per 1,000 residents and was 84.2% higher than the Beaumont Leys average (140.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 67 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 83 (≈ 143.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Swannington Road (LE3 9AG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 85 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ingle Street (34 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Swannington Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Swannington Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Newport Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Pool Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Brading Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alma Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alma Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stephenson Drive
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stephenson Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stephenson Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ingle Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ingle Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Ingle Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ingle Street
Sep 2025Other crime Supermarket Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fosse Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oban Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Swannington Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Sylvan Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fosse Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ivanhoe Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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