Total Crime Rate

42.4 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 42.4 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 23.3 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.6 5/10
  • Shoplifting 4.2 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.1 1/10
  • Other theft 2.1 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Redcar Road area has the 26th lowest crime rate of 68 local areas in Belgrave , and the 211th 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 Redcar Road (LE4 6PE) in the last 12 months was 42.4 per 1,000 residents and was 44.3% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 23.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -47.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 62.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Redcar Road (LE4 6PE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Flax Road, where police recorded 24 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Glen Street (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Redcar Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Norbury Avenue Local resolution
Sep 2025Other theft Arbour Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Norbury Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Catherine Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Marfitt Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Moores Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Moores Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Moores Road
Sep 2025Drugs Penrith Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harrison Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harrison Road Unable to prosecute suspect
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 Purley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Arbour Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Arbour Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Harrogate Road
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Glen Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Glen Street
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Down Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Down Street Local resolution

Data Sources

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