Total Crime Rate

815.1 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 815.1 10/10
  • Shoplifting 335.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 164.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 85.6 10/10
  • Public order 75.3 10/10
  • Other theft 51.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 30.8 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 24.0 10/10
  • Burglary 20.6 10/10
  • Drugs 13.7 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.4 5/10
  • Other crime 3.4 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.4 5/10
  • Robbery 3.4 4/10
  • 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

St Margarets Way area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 96 local areas in Abbey , and the 21st highest crime rate of 954 local areas in Leicester .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around St Margarets Way (LE4 0BT) in the last 12 months was 815.1 per 1,000 residents and was 425.7% higher than the Abbey average (155.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 98 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -85.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 72 (≈ 246.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -6.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around St Margarets Way (LE4 0BT), the main crime hotspot is near Devonshire Road. Police recorded 125 crimes here, including 26 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in St Margarets Way area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (22/22)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Englewood Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wolsey Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Devonshire Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Devonshire Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Devonshire Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Devonshire Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Devonshire Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Devonshire Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Devonshire Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Devonshire Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wolsey Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wolsey Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Littleton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Glenbarr Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Glenbarr Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wolsey Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wolsey Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blackbird Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blackbird Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Public order Blackbird Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wolsey Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Devonshire Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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