Crime Rates at Iris Close, Leicester, LE5 0QS

Iris Close 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 Iris Close (LE5 0QS) 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 Iris Close (LE5 0QS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Abbotsford Road, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Melford Street (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.