Crime Rates at Hotoft Road, Leicester, LE5 1EF

Hotoft Road area has the 45th highest crime rate of 97 local areas in Humberstone & Hamilton , and the 374th lowest crime rate of 954 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 Hotoft Road (LE5 1EF) in the last 12 months was 67.0 per 1,000 residents and was 25.0% lower than the Humberstone & Hamilton average (89.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Other theft ( -83.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 19.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -60.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -7.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hotoft Road (LE5 1EF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Moat Court, where police recorded 127 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Keyham Close (61 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.