Total Crime Rate
146.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
91.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Litelmede area has the 6th highest crime rate of 48 local areas in North Evington , and the 243rd highest crime rate of 942 local areas in Leicester .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Litelmede (LE5 0PD) in the last 12 months was 146.5 per 1,000 residents and was 160.6% higher than the North Evington average (56.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 40 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 46 (≈ 91.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 48.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Litelmede (LE5 0PD), the main crime hotspot is near Litelmede. Police recorded 41 crimes here, including 30 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Leicester| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Exton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beckett Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Exton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beatty Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Litelmede | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beckett Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beckett Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beckett Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Exton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Claydon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Exton Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Exton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Exton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Haynes Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Exton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Exton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Beatty Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beatty Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Smith Dorrien Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bramall Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Depot Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Trafford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trafford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Claydon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Depot Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Martival | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Bramall Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bramall Court | Under investigation |
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