Total Crime Rate
140.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
56.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Rosebery Street area has the 10th highest crime rate of 77 local areas in Evington , and the 259th highest crime rate of 942 local areas in Leicester .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Rosebery Street (LE5 4GL) in the last 12 months was 140.7 per 1,000 residents and was 71.3% higher than the Evington average (82.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -46.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 38 (≈ 56.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Rosebery Street (LE5 4GL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Nottingham Road, where police recorded 55 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Margaret Road (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Leicester| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Moat Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nottingham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Southdown Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rosebery Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lancaster Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Atkinson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Rosebery Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Rosebery Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Green Lane Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dorothy Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Rosebery Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dorothy Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Margaret Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Margaret Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Nottingham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rosebery Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Nottingham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Leicester Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Leicester Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Nottingham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dorothy Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Dorothy Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Dorothy Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dorothy Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dorothy Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanhope Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Moat Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rosebery Street | Under investigation |
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