Total Crime Rate

95.1 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

56.1 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 95.1 7/10
  • Violent crimes 56.1 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 48.8 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.8 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.8 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.3 6/10
  • Public order 4.9 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.4 2/10
  • Drugs 2.4 1/10
  • Other crime 2.4 1/10
  • Other theft 2.4 1/10
  • Robbery 2.4 2/10
  • Theft from the person 2.4 2/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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.
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Crime overview

Belgrave Avenue area has the 19th highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Belgrave , and the 418th 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 Belgrave Avenue (LE4 5PB) in the last 12 months was 95.1 per 1,000 residents and was 24.2% higher than the Belgrave average (76.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 56.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 6.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Belgrave Avenue (LE4 5PB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Overing Close, where police recorded 32 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mortoft Road (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Belgrave Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (26/26)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Holden Street —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Loughborough Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Bath Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Asha Margh —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shirley Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Roughton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Laundry Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Asha Margh Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Sahara Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Sahara Close —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Asha Margh Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Loughborough Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Asha Margh —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bellholme Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Elmdale Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Overing Close —
Apr 2026Robbery Palmer Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Palmer Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Talbot Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Holden Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Jackson Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Robbery Claremont Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Overing Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Claremont Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Victoria Road North Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Jackson Street Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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