Total Crime Rate
57.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
37.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026East Park Road area has the 35th lowest crime rate of 77 local areas in Spinney Hills , and the 324th lowest crime rate of 942 local areas in Leicester .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around East Park Road (LE5 5HL) in the last 12 months was 57.4 per 1,000 residents and was 7.4% higher than the Spinney Hills average (53.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 37.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -82.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around East Park Road (LE5 5HL), the main crime hotspot is near Ripon Street. Police recorded 57 crimes here, including 34 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Leicester| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Ripon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Devana Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Baslow Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Baslow Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Baslow Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chandos Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Herschell Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | St Peters Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St Peters Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cedar Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cedar Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chandos Street | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | New Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cedar Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Draper Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Roslyn Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Stanley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lyme Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Evington Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Evington Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Evington Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Draper Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashover Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyme Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyme Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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