Crime Rates at New Romney Crescent, Leicester, LE5 1NL

New Romney Crescent area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 97 local areas in Humberstone & Hamilton , and the 101st 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 New Romney Crescent (LE5 1NL) in the last 12 months was 23.7 per 1,000 residents and was 73.4% 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 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 13.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around New Romney Crescent (LE5 1NL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bankside, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Archway Road (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.