Total Crime Rate
279.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
151.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lulworth Close area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 77 local areas in Evington , and the 91st 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 Lulworth Close (LE5 4WL) in the last 12 months was 279.2 per 1,000 residents and was 239.7% 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 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -30.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 43 (≈ 151.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lulworth Close (LE5 4WL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 65 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Falmouth Road (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Leicester| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Falmouth Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Falmouth Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Falmouth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Falmouth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Falmouth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lulworth Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sidmouth Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Headland Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hospital Close | — |
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