Crime Rates at Shepherd Close, Hamilton, Leicester, LE5 1NU

Shepherd Close area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 96 local areas in Humberstone & Hamilton , and the 54th lowest 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 Shepherd Close (LE5 1NU) in the last 12 months was 17.1 per 1,000 residents and was 80.0% lower than the Humberstone & Hamilton average (85.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 10.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -54.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 121.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Shepherd Close (LE5 1NU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lakeview Chase, where police recorded 15 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sundial Road (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.