Total Crime Rate
252.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
100.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Albion Street area has the highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Anstey , and the 33rd highest crime rate of 552 local areas in Charnwood .
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 Albion Street (LE7 7DE) in the last 12 months was 252.3 per 1,000 residents and was 320.3% higher than the Anstey average (60.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -29.2% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 100.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -26.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Albion Street (LE7 7DE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near The Nook, where police recorded 30 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Link Road (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Anstey| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | The Nook | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dalby Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Link Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | The Nook | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albion Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | James Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | George Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | George Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Paper Mill Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | The Nook | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Link Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dalby Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Latimer Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Highfield Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hooks Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hooks Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Charnwood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Stadon Road | Under investigation |
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