Total Crime Rate
141.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Chesterfield Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 80 local areas in Spinney Hills , and the 265th highest crime rate of 954 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 Chesterfield Road (LE5 5LE) in the last 12 months was 141.7 per 1,000 residents and was 140.0% higher than the Spinney Hills average (59.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 105.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -31.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 364.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Chesterfield Road (LE5 5LE), 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Conifer Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rowsley 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 | 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 | Sawley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | East Park Road | Under investigation |
| 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 | Abney 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 | Public order | Fairfield Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sawley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Abney Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Biddulph Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Biddulph Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Conifer Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Abney Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Laurel Road | Under investigation |
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