Total Crime Rate
97.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
53.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Oban Street area has the 35th lowest crime rate of 79 local areas in Fosse , and the 403rd highest crime rate of 942 local areas in Leicester .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Oban Street (LE3 9GA) in the last 12 months was 97.6 per 1,000 residents and was 20.0% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -16.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 53.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.9% ).
In the area around Oban Street (LE3 9GA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 94 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Empire Road (41 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Leicester| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Mantle Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stephenson Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Beatrice Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Paget Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Paget Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Paget Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wentworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Battenberg Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Tyrrell Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Swannington Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Beatrice Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beatrice Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beatrice Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beatrice Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tetuan Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rowan Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Empire Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Empire Road | Under investigation |
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