Total Crime Rate

41.9 per 1,000 4/10 · 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 41.9 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 19.7 5/10
  • Public order 7.4 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.4 6/10
  • Drugs 4.9 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.5 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 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
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

Kingsbury Avenue area has the 25th lowest crime rate of 79 local areas in Evington , and the 207th 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 Kingsbury Avenue (LE5 6ND) in the last 12 months was 41.9 per 1,000 residents and was 53.1% lower than the Evington average (89.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 27.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kingsbury Avenue (LE5 6ND), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Spencefield Gardens, where police recorded 22 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 Kingsbury Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Chorley Wood Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Welland Vale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Chorley Wood Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chorley Wood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Spencefield Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Spencefield Gardens Further action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kingsbury Avenue —
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Chorley Wood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fermain Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Fulbeck Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Spencefield Lane Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Spencefield Lane Further action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Chorley Wood Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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