Total Crime Rate
52.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
24.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Sherrard Road area has the 20th lowest crime rate of 48 local areas in North Evington , and the 292nd 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 Sherrard Road (LE5 3DR) in the last 12 months was 52.8 per 1,000 residents and was 6.2% lower than the North Evington average (56.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 24.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -77.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sherrard Road (LE5 3DR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Kingfisher Avenue, where police recorded 25 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Pembroke Street (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Leicester| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Whinchat Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Keythorpe Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pembroke Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Charnwood Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Duffield Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wilson Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dunlin Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sherrard Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sherrard Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Polaris Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilson Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Matlock Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Upper Charnwood Street | Under investigation |
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