Total Crime Rate

52.9 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 52.9 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.4 7/10
  • Drugs 11.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 8.8 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.4 7/10
  • Burglary 4.4 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.4 4/10
  • Public order 2.2 1/10
  • Shoplifting 2.2 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
  • 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

Scraptoft Lane area has the 39th lowest crime rate of 97 local areas in Humberstone & Hamilton , and the 280th lowest crime rate of 954 local areas in Leicester .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Scraptoft Lane (LE5 2FD) in the last 12 months was 52.9 per 1,000 residents and was 40.8% lower than the Humberstone & Hamilton average (89.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 11.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -44.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Scraptoft Lane (LE5 2FD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 19 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Treetops Close (5 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Scraptoft Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (5/5)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Stanley Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Peters Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Noray Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Monterey Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Monterey Court Under investigation
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Data Sources

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