Total Crime Rate

7.8 per 1,000 1/10 · Very Low

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 7.8 1/10
  • Burglary 3.9 4/10
  • Public order 3.9 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Rowsley 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.

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Crime Over Time in Rowsley Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Evington Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sawley Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kimberley Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Kimberley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Normanton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kingston Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Abney Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Abney Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Abney Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Abney Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sawley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sawley Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sawley Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sawley Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kimberley Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sawley Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rowsley Street
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rowsley Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rowsley Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rowsley Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Baslow Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Baslow Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shipley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shipley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shipley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Kedleston Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Rowsley Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rowsley Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kimberley Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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