Total Crime Rate

94.2 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 94.2 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 39.0 7/10
  • Other theft 16.2 9/10
  • Burglary 6.5 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.5 5/10
  • Other crime 6.5 8/10
  • Public order 6.5 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.3 2/10
  • Drugs 3.3 3/10
  • Theft from the person 3.3 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.3 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Renfrew Road area has the 32nd highest crime rate of 97 local areas in Humberstone & Hamilton , and the 438th highest crime rate of 954 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 Renfrew Road (LE5 1NQ) in the last 12 months was 94.2 per 1,000 residents and was 5.4% higher 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 45.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -26.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -15.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Renfrew Road (LE5 1NQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bankside, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near The Orchards (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Renfrew Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Archway Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Flatholme Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Orchards Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Moorfields Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Moorfields Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Archway Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Portcullis Road
Sep 2025Public order Briarfield Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ivychurch Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Flatholme Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Brocklesby Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Flatholme Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Flatholme Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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