Total Crime Rate
21.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
8.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cooper Street area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 68 local areas in Belgrave , and the 78th lowest crime rate of 942 local areas in Leicester .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Cooper Street (LE4 5BJ) in the last 12 months was 21.3 per 1,000 residents and was 72.2% lower than the Belgrave average (76.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 8.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -81.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cooper Street (LE4 5BJ), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 59 crimes here, including 28 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Leicester| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marjorie Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Dorset Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Law Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Law Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bruin Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brogue Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brogue Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Brogue Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Cross Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Marjorie Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marjorie Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mckay Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hildyard Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ellis Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Rothley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Rothley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Buller Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dundonald Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Baseball Walk | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Baseball Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dundonald Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ross Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hunter Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hunter Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ross' Walk | — |
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