Total Crime Rate

84.5 per 1,000 7/10 · High

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 84.5 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 33.5 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.6 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.0 6/10
  • Public order 8.0 6/10
  • Drugs 6.4 7/10
  • Other theft 6.4 6/10
  • Other crime 3.2 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.2 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 1.6 1/10
  • Robbery 1.6 1/10
  • Shoplifting 1.6 1/10
  • Theft from the person 1.6 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Ambassador Road area has the 27th highest crime rate of 79 local areas in Evington , and the 473rd lowest crime rate of 954 local areas in Leicester .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Ambassador Road (LE5 4DL) in the last 12 months was 84.5 per 1,000 residents and was 5.3% lower than the Evington average (89.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 43.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -9.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ambassador Road (LE5 4DL), the main crime hotspot is near Illingworth Road. Police recorded 40 crimes here, including 24 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Ambassador Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ambassador Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Peters Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Illingworth Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Allinson Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Allinson Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ambassador Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ambassador Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ambassador Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ambassador Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Allinson Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tolchard Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Noray Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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