Postcode districts
Crime in LE4
Published street-crime records for the LE4 postcode district, assigned by each record's approximate published location from data.police.uk.
Last 12 published months
July 2025 to June 2026.
Street-crime records
9,856
Latest month (June 2026)
881
Change vs previous 12 months
-4.7%
Month-by-month totals
| Month |
Street-crime records |
| July 2025 |
924 |
| August 2025 |
932 |
| September 2025 |
854 |
| October 2025 |
976 |
| November 2025 |
733 |
| December 2025 |
707 |
| January 2026 |
690 |
| February 2026 |
654 |
| March 2026 |
763 |
| April 2026 |
846 |
| May 2026 |
896 |
| June 2026 |
881 |
Top crime categories
Share of LE4 records in the same trailing window.
| Category |
Records |
Share |
| Violent Crime |
3,514 |
35.7% |
| Anti Social Behaviour |
1,653 |
16.8% |
| Criminal Damage Arson |
959 |
9.7% |
| Public Order |
868 |
8.8% |
| Shoplifting |
599 |
6.1% |
| Other Theft |
569 |
5.8% |
| Vehicle Crime |
533 |
5.4% |
| Burglary |
382 |
3.9% |
Year by year
Calendar-year totals for LE4. The first and last years may be partial, depending on the loaded data window (December 2013 to June 2026).
| Year |
Street-crime records |
| 2021 |
9,618 |
| 2022 |
10,827 |
| 2023 |
9,943 |
| 2024 |
10,034 |
| 2025 |
10,420 |
| 2026 |
4,730 |
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Limits to keep in mind
- Published locations are approximate; they are snapped to anonymous map points before release, and each record is assigned to a district by its nearest postcode. Counts near district boundaries are indicative.
- These are counts of published police records, not all crime, and not a safety score.
- Outcome labels in the source data are not court results or conviction rates.
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