Total Crime Rate
59.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
20.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Spencefield Gardens area has the 35th highest crime rate of 77 local areas in Evington , and the 338th lowest crime rate of 942 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 Spencefield Gardens (LE5 6PY) in the last 12 months was 59.0 per 1,000 residents and was 28.2% lower than the Evington average (82.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -30.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 20.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -27.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -17.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Spencefield Gardens (LE5 6PY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Spencefield Gardens, where police recorded 11 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Uppingham Road (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Leicester| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oakside Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lodge Farm Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Uppingham Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lodge Farm Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Kingsbury Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Uppingham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oakside Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Silverwood Close | Under investigation |
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