Total Crime Rate

105.3 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

52.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

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 105.3 8/10
  • Violent crimes 52.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 42.8 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 32.9 9/10
  • Public order 9.9 7/10
  • Drugs 6.6 7/10
  • Burglary 3.3 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.3 2/10
  • Other crime 3.3 4/10
  • Other theft 3.3 3/10
  • Bicycle 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
  • 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

Kinsdale Drive area has the 27th highest crime rate of 96 local areas in Humberstone & Hamilton , and the 370th highest crime rate of 942 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 Kinsdale Drive (LE5 2PU) in the last 12 months was 105.3 per 1,000 residents and was 23.6% higher 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 52.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 23.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kinsdale Drive (LE5 2PU), 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 Kinsdale Drive area

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

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