Total Crime Rate
17.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
10.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Carty Road 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 Carty Road (LE5 1QS) 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 Carty Road (LE5 1QS), the main crime hotspot is near Sundial Road. Police recorded 15 crimes here, including 7 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Leicester| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brompton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Sundial Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gamekeepers Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Sundial Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Brompton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sundial Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sundial Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lakeview Chase | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oakridge Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shipton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Padside Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Padside Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hamilton Circle | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | The Maltings | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | The Maltings | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Maltings | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Foxton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Sundial Road | Under investigation |
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