Total Crime Rate

39.7 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

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 39.7 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 23.4 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.4 5/10
  • Burglary 2.3 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.3 1/10
  • Public order 2.3 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 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
  • Vehicle crime 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

Royal Road area has the 23rd lowest crime rate of 68 local areas in Belgrave , and the 189th lowest crime rate of 954 local areas in Leicester .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Royal Road (LE4 5DP) in the last 12 months was 39.7 per 1,000 residents and was 47.8% lower than the Belgrave average (76.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -85.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 25.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -81.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Royal Road (LE4 5DP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Newington Street, where police recorded 48 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (33 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Royal Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Claremont Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Loughborough Road —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Loughborough Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Leire Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ascot Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ascot Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nightclub —
Sep 2025Public order Nightclub Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Nightclub Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Elmdale Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Jackson Street —
Sep 2025Other theft Broadhurst Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ratcliffe Street —
Sep 2025Other theft Broadhurst Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Newington Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Newington Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newington Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lexham Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Epsom Road —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Elmdale Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Laundry Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Elmdale Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Payne Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Flax Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Flax Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Arbour Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Victoria Road North Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Victoria Road North Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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