Total Crime Rate

57.6 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

34.6 per 1,000 6/10 · 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 57.6 6/10
  • Violent crimes 34.6 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 25.9 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.5 8/10
  • Public order 8.7 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.9 3/10
  • Burglary 2.9 2/10
  • Drugs 2.9 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.9 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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
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

Vulcan Road area has the 36th lowest crime rate of 77 local areas in Spinney Hills , and the 328th 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 Vulcan Road (LE5 3EA) in the last 12 months was 57.6 per 1,000 residents and was 7.9% higher than the Spinney Hills average (53.4 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 Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 80.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 34.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 71.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Vulcan Road (LE5 3EA), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 53 crimes here, including 36 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Vulcan Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (19/19)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Charnwood Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Polaris Close —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pembroke Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Duffield Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wilson Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Wilson Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Matlock Street —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Keythorpe Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Kent Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Upper Charnwood Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sherrard Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sherrard Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dunlin Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Kent Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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