Postcode · Leicester
Crime in LE2 4SR
How much crime is recorded in LE2 4SR, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Oadby East
- Council
- Oadby and Wigston
- Region
- East Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,367 (2024)
LE2 4SRLeicester
How safe is LE2 4SR
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 22.6 offences per 1,000 people a year in the LE2 4SR area, below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 5 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
5/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
22.6
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
40
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
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).
LE2 4SRNational
Violence and sexual offences19.123.6
Burglary7.69.1
Anti-social behaviour5.510.7
Public order4.84.6
Drugs2.42.4
Criminal damage and arson1.84.7
Other crime1.21.5
Other theft1.04.5
Robbery0.61.4
Vehicle crime0.63.5
Bicycle theft0.51.0
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 12% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.