Total Crime Rate
7.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Rowsley Street area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 80 local areas in Spinney Hills , and the 17th lowest crime rate of 954 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 Rowsley Street (LE5 5JL) in the last 12 months was 7.8 per 1,000 residents and was 86.8% lower than the Spinney Hills average (59.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Burglary with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ).
In the area around Rowsley Street (LE5 5JL), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 82 crimes here, including 44 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Spinney Hills| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Evington Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sawley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kimberley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Kimberley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Normanton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingston Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Abney Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Abney Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Abney Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Abney Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sawley Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sawley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sawley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sawley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kimberley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sawley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rowsley Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rowsley Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rowsley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rowsley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Baslow Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Baslow Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shipley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shipley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shipley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Kedleston Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Rowsley Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rowsley Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kimberley Road | Under investigation |
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