Total Crime Rate

137.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 137.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 68.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 46.9 10/10
  • Drugs 6.3 6/10
  • Other crime 6.3 8/10
  • Other theft 6.3 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.1 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Pickhill Road area has the 16th highest crime rate of 97 local areas in Humberstone & Hamilton , and the 273rd highest crime rate of 954 local areas in Leicester .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Pickhill Road (LE5 1NX) in the last 12 months was 137.5 per 1,000 residents and was 53.9% 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 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 68.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Pickhill Road (LE5 1NX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Kepwick Road, where police recorded 23 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Pickhill Road (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Pickhill Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Snape Close —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sundial Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Snape Close —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Carty Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Carty Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shipton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Snape Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Timble Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Padside Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sundial Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Richmore Road —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sundial Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sundial Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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