Total Crime Rate
59.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
37.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Yorkshire Road area has the 33rd lowest crime rate of 68 local areas in Belgrave , and the 341st lowest crime rate of 942 local areas in Leicester .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Yorkshire Road (LE4 6PL) in the last 12 months was 59.3 per 1,000 residents and was 22.7% lower 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 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 37.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Yorkshire Road (LE4 6PL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Moores Road, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Melrose Street (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Leicester| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moores Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Belper Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dingley Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Harrogate Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Harrogate Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Scarborough Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Moores Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Moores Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Flax Road | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Agar Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gipsy Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Purley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Moores Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Melrose Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Norbury Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Canon Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Canon Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Melrose Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Melrose Street | Under investigation |
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