Total Crime Rate
108.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
75.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Archway Road area has the 24th highest crime rate of 96 local areas in Humberstone & Hamilton , and the 356th highest 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 Archway Road (LE5 1RB) in the last 12 months was 108.8 per 1,000 residents and was 27.8% higher than the Humberstone & Hamilton average (85.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 75.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Archway Road (LE5 1RB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Brocklesby Way, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Archway Road (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Leicester| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Archway Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brocklesby Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ivychurch Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ivychurch Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gatenby Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Keyham Lane West | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Keyham Lane West | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Crayford Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Archway Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Briarfield Drive | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Baronet Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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