Total Crime Rate

173.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

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 173.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 110.8 10/10
  • Public order 13.5 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.8 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.8 7/10
  • Other theft 8.1 7/10
  • Drugs 5.4 6/10
  • Other crime 5.4 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.4 5/10
  • Burglary 2.7 2/10
  • Bicycle 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
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

Watson Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Belgrave , and the 201st 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 Watson Road (LE4 6SA) in the last 12 months was 173.0 per 1,000 residents and was 127.4% higher 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 41 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 46 (≈ 124.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Watson Road (LE4 6SA), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Watson Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Norbury Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tranter Place Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Norbury Avenue Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rosedale Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Rosedale Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rosedale Avenue —
Sep 2025Other crime Sutton Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Sutton Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pickering Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pickering Close —
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Tranter Place Under investigation
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Data Sources

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