Leicester South

England · E14001327

21,764 crimes recorded in the last 12 months – violence & sexual offences is the most common, falling versus the year before.

Recorded crimes (last 12m)
21,764
Most common
Violence & sexual offences falling
6,972 reports
Data to
Apr 2026

Crimes per month

2,083/mo peak0 baseline
May 23Apr 26

By type (last 12 months)

CategoryReportsShare
Violence & sexual offencesfalling6,97232.0%
Anti-social behaviourrising2,65512.2%
Public orderfalling2,52611.6%
Shopliftingrising2,26610.4%
Criminal damage & arsonfalling1,6457.6%
Other theftfalling1,4986.9%
Vehicle crimefalling1,0094.6%
Drugsrising9504.4%
Burglaryrising6753.1%
Bicycle theftfalling4071.9%
Other crimefalling3451.6%
Theft from the personfalling3041.4%
Robberyfalling2881.3%
Possession of weaponsrising2241.0%

The open street-level feed merges violence and sexual offences into one category. Splitting them (e.g. homicide vs sexual assault) needs ONS force-level tables, modelled to constituency in a later step.

Partial coverageSource: Street-level crime, data.police.uk (Home Office)· How we know this
Source
Street-level crime
Publisher
data.police.uk (Home Office)
Licence
Open Government Licence v3.0
Retrieved
2026-09-18
How it's mapped
Aggregated from smaller areas to the constituency on a best-fit basis.

Some areas or categories are missing from this source, so treat it as partial.

Source: data.police.uk, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.