Total Crime Rate

30.7 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

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 30.7 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 16.8 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.6 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.6 5/10
  • Public order 2.8 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Perkyn Road area has the 15th lowest crime rate of 97 local areas in Humberstone & Hamilton , and the 141st 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 Perkyn Road (LE5 2EW) in the last 12 months was 30.7 per 1,000 residents and was 65.6% 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 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 19.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Perkyn Road (LE5 2EW), the main crime hotspot is near Thurncourt Road. Police recorded 25 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Perkyn Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dakyn Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Somers Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Summerlea Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Spencefield Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Spencefield Gardens Further action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Herthull Road Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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