Total Crime Rate
84.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
34.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lidster Close area has the 32nd highest crime rate of 96 local areas in Humberstone & Hamilton , and the 470th highest crime rate of 942 local areas in Leicester .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Lidster Close (LE5 1AD) in the last 12 months was 84.3 per 1,000 residents and was 1.0% lower than the Humberstone & Hamilton average (85.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 34.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -74.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lidster Close (LE5 1AD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Manor House Gardens, where police recorded 12 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lower Keyham Lane (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Leicester| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Keyham Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanley Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vicarage Gardens | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Keyham Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lower Keyham Lane | Under investigation |
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