Recorded crime
Leicester recorded crime by postcode district
Crimes police recorded in July 2026 within roughly 1 mile of each district centre, across 10 Leicester districts. Counts, not rates.
Crimes recorded, July 2026
3,418
Across 10 districts, within about 1 mile of each centre.
- Districts
- 10
- Most recorded
- Violence
data.police.uk, July 2026
Summary
Recorded crime in Leicester: police recorded 3,418 crimes in July 2026 within roughly 1 mile of the centre of each of the 10 postcode districts with a published figure. LE8 has the lowest recorded count (1) and LE1 the highest (1,690). The most often recorded category was violent crime, at 35% of the month's recorded crimes. These are counts, not rates: a district with shops, bars and a station will out-count a residential one on footfall alone.
Data from data.police.uk street-level crime API, July 2026.
Read this first
These are counts, not rates. data.police.uk street-level crime API publishes how many crimes were recorded near a point; it publishes no population figure to divide by. A district with a station, shops and bars will record more crime than a residential one because more people pass through it, not necessarily because residents are more likely to be a victim. Recorded crime is also only crime that was reported and recorded, and reporting rates vary by crime type and by area.
Use this to see the shape of a city and to prompt better questions, not to decide that one district is good and another bad.
Our take · opinion, not advice
Our take on Leicester crime counts: big differences, read with care
Across the 10 Leicester districts with a published figure, police recorded 3,418 crimes in July 2026, with the quietest district at 1 in LE8 and the busiest at 1,690 in LE1, which reflects how many people pass through at least as much as who lives there.
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Key figures
Leicester crime counts at a glance
Police records for July 2026. A count near each district centre is not a safety ranking.
Lowest district
1
LE8, crimes recorded
Middle district
284
Median of the districts
Highest district
1,690
LE1, crimes recorded
Top category
Violence
1,185 of 3,418 crimes
Recorded crime
Leicester crime by category and district
3,418 recorded crimes across 10 districts in July 2026.
By category
What the recorded crimes were
Violent crime was the most recorded category, with 1,185 of 3,418 crimes (35%). It describes the month's police records, not what is likely to happen to you.
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| Category | Recorded | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 1,185 | 35% |
| Anti social behaviour | 466 | 14% |
| Public order | 380 | 11% |
| Criminal damage arson | 313 | 9% |
| Shoplifting | 313 | 9% |
data.police.uk street-level crime API, July 2026
By district
Leicester districts, lowest recorded count first
Counts run from 1 in LE8 to 1,690 in LE1. Each row is one postcode district: how many crimes police recorded within about a mile of its centre.
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| District | Recorded crimes | Most recorded category | Area data |
|---|---|---|---|
| LE8 | 1 | Other crime (1) | LE8 area report |
| LE9 | 17 | Violent crime (8) | LE9 area report |
| LE7 | 54 | Violent crime (20) | LE7 area report |
| LE19 | 102 | Violent crime (35) | LE19 area report |
| LE18 | 190 | Violent crime (70) | LE18 area report |
| LE4 | 284 | Violent crime (118) | LE4 area report |
| LE2 | 342 | Violent crime (125) | LE2 area report |
| LE5 | 355 | Violent crime (136) | LE5 area report |
| LE3 | 383 | Violent crime (164) | LE3 area report |
| LE1 | 1,690 | Violent crime (509) | LE1 area report |
Districts with no figure published for July 2026 are left out rather than shown as zero: a force not having published yet is not the same fact as no crime.
data.police.uk street-level crime API, July 2026
Reading the numbers
What the numbers show
Across the 10 Leicester postcode districts with a published figure for July 2026, police recorded 3,418 crimes in total within roughly a mile of each district centroid. The median district recorded 237.
LE8 has the lowest recorded crime count of the districts listed (1), and LE1 the highest (1,690).
The spread across the city is wide: the highest-counting district recorded about 1690.0 times as many crimes as the lowest. Much of a gap that size reflects what is in the radius: a city-centre district with shops, bars and a station will out-count a residential one before any difference in how people behave.
The most frequently recorded category across these districts was violent crime, at 35% of all recorded crimes in the month.
Questions, answered
Leicester recorded crime: your questions
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Why does this page not rank Leicester districts by crime rate?
Source and method
Where these figures come from
data.police.uk street-level crime API (API documentation), month 2026-07, one request per district at its centroid, ~1 mile radius. England and Wales only. Data.police.uk does not carry Police Scotland or PSNI. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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