Total Crime Rate

192.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

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 192.5 9/10
  • Shoplifting 104.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 40.1 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.0 7/10
  • Public order 10.7 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.0 6/10
  • Other theft 8.0 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.4 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Downing Drive area has the 6th highest crime rate of 79 local areas in Evington , and the 167th 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 Downing Drive (LE5 6LL) in the last 12 months was 192.5 per 1,000 residents and was 115.6% higher than the Evington average (89.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 39 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 50.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 35.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 44.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Downing Drive (LE5 6LL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 57 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Chorley Wood Road (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Downing Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (14/14)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sedgebrook Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hemington Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Englefield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Welland Vale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hemington Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Fulbeck Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hemington Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fermain Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hemington Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chorley Wood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Chorley Wood Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Chorley Wood Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Chorley Wood Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Chorley Wood Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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