Total Crime Rate

90.4 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 90.4 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 49.6 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.7 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.7 8/10
  • Public order 5.8 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.9 3/10
  • Other crime 2.9 3/10
  • Other theft 2.9 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.9 2/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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

Strathmore Avenue area has the 13th highest crime rate of 42 local areas in Rushey Mead , and the 453rd highest crime rate of 954 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 Strathmore Avenue (LE4 7HD) in the last 12 months was 90.4 per 1,000 residents and was 43.7% 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 466.7% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 55.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 533.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Strathmore Avenue (LE4 7HD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Oliver Road, where police recorded 38 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Edenhall Close (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Strathmore Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Oliver Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Edenhall Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oliver Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Roseneath Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Farnworth Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Barkby Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wyvern Avenue
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wentbridge Road Further action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Other theft Dunbar Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Peebles Way
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Edenhall Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kendal Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Kendal Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Kendal Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oliver Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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