Total Crime Rate

52.8 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

24.0 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 52.8 5/10
  • Violent crimes 24.0 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 16.8 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.4 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.2 6/10
  • Public order 7.2 6/10
  • Other crime 4.8 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.4 2/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other 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

Sherrard 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.

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Crime Over Time in Sherrard Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other crime Whinchat Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Keythorpe Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pembroke Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Charnwood Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Duffield Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Wilson Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dunlin Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sherrard Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sherrard Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Polaris Close
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wilson Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Matlock Street
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Upper Charnwood Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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