Total Crime Rate

54.2 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

22.6 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 54.2 5/10
  • Violent crimes 22.6 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 20.3 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.0 7/10
  • Other theft 9.0 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.8 4/10
  • Other crime 4.5 6/10
  • Drugs 2.3 1/10
  • Public order 2.3 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Brook Road area has the 46th highest crime rate of 96 local areas in Humberstone & Hamilton , and the 307th lowest crime rate of 942 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 Brook Road (LE5 2HD) in the last 12 months was 54.2 per 1,000 residents and was 36.4% lower 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 33.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 22.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 94.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Brook Road (LE5 2HD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Tarbat Road, where police recorded 52 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Flamborough Road (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Brook Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (12/12)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Drugs Thurncourt Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wendys Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wendys Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Tuskar Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Briar Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Tilia Close —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Flamborough Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Flamborough Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Compass Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Woodleigh Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Woodleigh Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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