Total Crime Rate

63.9 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 63.9 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 18.8 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.3 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.5 6/10
  • Drugs 7.5 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.5 7/10
  • Burglary 3.8 4/10
  • Public order 3.8 3/10
  • Robbery 3.8 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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

Cottesmore Road area has the 21st lowest crime rate of 48 local areas in North Evington , and the 355th 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 Cottesmore Road (LE5 3LL) in the last 12 months was 63.9 per 1,000 residents and was 22.4% 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 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 26.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -53.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 60.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cottesmore Road (LE5 3LL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Nottingham Road, where police recorded 71 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Quorn Road (33 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Cottesmore Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sulgrave Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Quenby Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nottingham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Barnabas Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leicester Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Woodland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Rosebery Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Quenby Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Quenby Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Quenby Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Nottingham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Quenby Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Quenby Street —
Sep 2025Other theft Quorn Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Quorn Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Quorn Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Southdown Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Southdown Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Southdown Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nottingham Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nottingham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Nottingham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sulgrave Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sulgrave Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Sulgrave Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Sulgrave Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Asfordby Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Overton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Sulgrave Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Thurlby Road Awaiting court outcome

Data Sources

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