Total Crime Rate

97.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

53.3 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 97.6 8/10
  • Violent crimes 53.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 38.5 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.8 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.8 6/10
  • Other theft 11.8 8/10
  • Public order 11.8 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.9 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.0 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
level: zoom:
Map is loading…

Crime overview

Pool Road 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 Pool Road (LE3 9GD) 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 Pool Road (LE3 9GD), the main crime hotspot is near Empire Road. Police recorded 73 crimes here, including 41 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

View Crime In Leicester

Crime Over Time in Pool Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/47)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Beatrice Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ruby Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Tetuan Road —
Apr 2026Drugs Tetuan Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Bicycle theft St Dunstan Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Sports/Recreation Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bramley Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
Apr 2026Burglary Merton Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Battenberg Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Swannington Road —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Paget Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Paget Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Paget Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Tyrrell Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wentworth Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Newport Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Beatrice Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Beatrice Road Under investigation
* on or near this location Page 1 • Showing 30 of 47

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.

↑