Postcode · Leicester
Crime in LE5 5TA
How much crime is recorded in LE5 5TA, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Stoneygate North
- Council
- Leicester
- Region
- East Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,920 (2024)
LE5 5TALeicester
How safe is LE5 5TA
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 15.3 offences per 1,000 people a year in the LE5 5TA area, less than half the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 4 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
4/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
15.3
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
21
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).
LE5 5TANational
Violence and sexual offences9.823.6
Burglary3.59.1
Vehicle crime3.33.5
Criminal damage and arson1.74.7
Anti-social behaviour1.310.7
Public order1.14.6
Robbery1.01.4
Other crime0.81.5
Other theft0.64.5
Drugs0.62.4
Possession of weapons0.30.9
Shoplifting0.18.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 48% 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.