Crime Rates at Kinross Avenue, Leicester, LE5 2LR

Kinross Avenue area has the 29th lowest crime rate of 97 local areas in Humberstone & Hamilton , and the 228th 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 Kinross Avenue (LE5 2LR) in the last 12 months was 45.9 per 1,000 residents and was 48.7% 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -85.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 25.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -35.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kinross Avenue (LE5 2LR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 63 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Langholm Road (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.