Leicester West

England · E14001328

17,320 crimes recorded in the last 12 months – violence & sexual offences is the most common, falling versus the year before.

Recorded crimes (last 12m)
17,320
Most common
Violence & sexual offences falling
6,196 reports
Data to
Apr 2026

Crimes per month

1,878/mo peak0 baseline
May 23Apr 26

By type (last 12 months)

CategoryReportsShare
Violence & sexual offencesfalling6,19635.8%
Anti-social behaviourrising2,49614.4%
Criminal damage & arsonrising1,85210.7%
Public orderfalling1,5749.1%
Other theftfalling1,0145.9%
Vehicle crimefalling9985.8%
Shopliftingfalling8765.1%
Drugsrising6453.7%
Burglaryfalling6083.5%
Other crimefalling3291.9%
Bicycle theftfalling2151.2%
Robberyrising2131.2%
Possession of weaponsfalling1741.0%
Theft from the personrising1300.8%

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.