Total Crime Rate

64.8 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 64.8 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 21.6 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.4 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.0 8/10
  • Public order 4.8 4/10
  • Robbery 4.8 6/10
  • Burglary 2.4 1/10
  • Other theft 2.4 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.4 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Sherrard Road area has the 22nd lowest crime rate of 48 local areas in North Evington , and the 364th lowest crime rate of 954 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 Sherrard Road (LE5 3DR) in the last 12 months was 64.8 per 1,000 residents and was 24.0% higher than the North Evington average (52.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -55.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 31.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -40.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.3% 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 Hartington Road (17 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
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Farnham Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Vulcan Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dunlin Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Dunlin Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hartington Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Matlock Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Haddon Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mount Road
Sep 2025Public order Hart Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Duffield Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hart Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Morley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Saviour'S Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kingfisher Avenue
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Saviour'S Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wilson Street

Data Sources

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