Total Crime Rate

36.7 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

21.4 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

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 36.7 4/10
  • Violent crimes 21.4 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 15.3 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.1 3/10
  • Other crime 6.1 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.1 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.1 4/10
  • Public order 3.1 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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

Eddystone Road area has the 29th lowest crime rate of 96 local areas in Humberstone & Hamilton , and the 184th 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 Eddystone Road (LE5 2PN) in the last 12 months was 36.7 per 1,000 residents and was 56.9% 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 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -58.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 21.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -41.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Eddystone Road (LE5 2PN), the main crime hotspot is near Lyncroft Leys. Police recorded 24 crimes here, including 13 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Eddystone Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (18/18)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lyncroft Leys Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Eddystone Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Thurncourt Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Thurncourt Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Thurncourt Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kirkwall Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Sunbury Green —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Comrie Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Comrie Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sunbury Green Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lyncroft Leys —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Crief Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lyncroft Leys —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bowhill Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Homestone Rise Further action is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Burglary Homestone Rise Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Lyncroft Leys Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lyncroft Leys Under investigation
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Data Sources

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