Crime Rates at Sharow Road, Hamilton, Leicester, LE5 1BE

Sharow Road area has the 44th highest crime rate of 97 local areas in Humberstone & Hamilton , and the 386th lowest 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 Sharow Road (LE5 1BE) in the last 12 months was 68.9 per 1,000 residents and was 22.9% lower than the Humberstone & Hamilton average (89.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 39.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sharow Road (LE5 1BE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Whixley Road, where police recorded 26 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sharow Road (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.