Total Crime Rate
40.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
22.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lotus Road area has the 14th lowest crime rate of 48 local areas in North Evington , and the 220th lowest crime rate of 942 local areas in Leicester .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Lotus Road (LE5 0QL) in the last 12 months was 40.9 per 1,000 residents and was 27.2% lower 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 22.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lotus Road (LE5 0QL), the main crime hotspot is near Wickford Close. Police recorded 47 crimes here, including 39 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Exton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wickford Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wickford Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beckett Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beckett Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wickford Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Exton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beckett Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Exton Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Haynes Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Exton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Exton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lotus Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Trafford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Exton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trafford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wickford Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wickford Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Exton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wickford Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Saltersford Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Little Easton Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wycombe Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Melford Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Melford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Litelmede | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Melford Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Depot Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Saltersford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Saltersford Road | — |
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