Crime in LE1 2GL
How much crime is recorded in LE1 2GL, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- St Matthews & Highfields North
- Council
- Leicester
- Region
- East Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,438 (2024)
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How safe is LE1 2GL
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 37.9 offences per 1,000 people a year in the LE1 2GL area, above the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 7 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
What crime is recorded
Recorded offences per 1,000 people a year (counting both residents and people who work locally, or per 1,000 households for burglary).
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.