Total Crime Rate
233.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Gipsy Lane area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 42 local areas in Rushey Mead , and the 132nd highest crime rate of 954 local areas in Leicester .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Gipsy Lane (LE4 6RG) in the last 12 months was 233.0 per 1,000 residents and was 270.6% higher than the Rushey Mead average (62.9 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 Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -16.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 82.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 27.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 152.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Gipsy Lane (LE4 6RG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 42 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sutton Avenue (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Rushey Mead| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oliver Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Rosedale Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rosedale Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wyvern Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tranter Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Tranter Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rosedale Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Sutton Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Oliver Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Sutton Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oliver Road | Under investigation |
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