Total Crime Rate

126.4 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 126.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 48.8 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.5 7/10
  • Other theft 13.3 9/10
  • Public order 11.1 8/10
  • Drugs 8.9 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.7 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.7 5/10
  • Other crime 6.7 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.7 6/10
  • Burglary 2.2 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Aikman Avenue area has the 30th highest crime rate of 67 local areas in Beaumont Leys , and the 308th highest crime rate of 954 local areas in Leicester .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Aikman Avenue (LE3 9JB) in the last 12 months was 126.4 per 1,000 residents and was 10.3% lower 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 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 59.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Aikman Avenue (LE3 9JB), the main crime hotspot is near Biddle Road. Police recorded 61 crimes here, including 45 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Aikman Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Coates Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coates Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Aikman Avenue Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Aikman Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Chettle Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Biddle Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Biddle Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bloxham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Wood End Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wood End Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Blissett Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Adcock Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pindar Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coates Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Biddle Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Mossgate Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Mossgate Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mossgate Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mossgate Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mossgate Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Vincent Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coates Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coates Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coates Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Coates Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Coates Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Coates Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Aikman Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Biddle Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Coates Avenue

Data Sources

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