Total Crime Rate

290.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

159.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

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 290.8 10/10
  • Violent crimes 159.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 109.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 31.9 10/10
  • Public order 31.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 28.4 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 24.8 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 10.6 9/10
  • Drugs 10.6 8/10
  • Other theft 10.6 8/10
  • Robbery 10.6 9/10
  • Other crime 7.1 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.1 9/10
  • Burglary 3.6 4/10
  • Theft from the person 3.6 5/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Park Vale Road area has the highest crime rate of 48 local areas in North Evington , and the 88th 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 Park Vale Road (LE5 5BP) in the last 12 months was 290.8 per 1,000 residents and was 417.1% higher than the North Evington average (56.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -42.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 45 (≈ 159.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 68.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Park Vale Road (LE5 5BP), the main crime hotspot is near Biddulph Avenue. Police recorded 39 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Park Vale Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/31)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Bonsall Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dronfield Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St Peters Road —
Apr 2026Drugs Mere Road Further investigation is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lonsdale Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bakewell Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chandos Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chandos Street Further investigation is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Possession of weapons St Peters Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Ashbourne Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Biddulph Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order St Peters Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Kings Newton Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Twycross Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Twycross Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Kings Newton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Roslyn Street —
Apr 2026Other theft Conifer Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Fairfield Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Darley Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Abney Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shelbourne Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shelbourne Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Derwent Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Derwent Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Shelbourne Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Shelbourne Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Diseworth Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Donnington Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order East Park Road Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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