Crime Rates at Gervas Road, Leicester, LE5 2EJ

Gervas Road area has the 35th lowest crime rate of 97 local areas in Humberstone & Hamilton , and the 257th lowest crime rate of 954 local areas in Leicester .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Gervas Road (LE5 2EJ) in the last 12 months was 50.0 per 1,000 residents and was 44.0% lower 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 43.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gervas Road (LE5 2EJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Tarbat Road, where police recorded 67 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Flamborough Road (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.