Postcode districts
Crime in LE5
Published street-crime records for the LE5 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
6,934
Latest month (June 2026)
632
Change vs previous 12 months
-10.6%
Month-by-month totals
| Month |
Street-crime records |
| July 2025 |
646 |
| August 2025 |
601 |
| September 2025 |
557 |
| October 2025 |
640 |
| November 2025 |
483 |
| December 2025 |
509 |
| January 2026 |
566 |
| February 2026 |
565 |
| March 2026 |
563 |
| April 2026 |
542 |
| May 2026 |
630 |
| June 2026 |
632 |
Top crime categories
Share of LE5 records in the same trailing window.
| Category |
Records |
Share |
| Violent Crime |
2,867 |
41.3% |
| Anti Social Behaviour |
1,021 |
14.7% |
| Criminal Damage Arson |
732 |
10.6% |
| Public Order |
612 |
8.8% |
| Other Theft |
348 |
5.0% |
| Vehicle Crime |
331 |
4.8% |
| Burglary |
233 |
3.4% |
| Shoplifting |
207 |
3.0% |
Year by year
Calendar-year totals for LE5. The first and last years may be partial, depending on the loaded data window (December 2013 to June 2026).
| Year |
Street-crime records |
| 2021 |
7,448 |
| 2022 |
8,435 |
| 2023 |
8,108 |
| 2024 |
7,874 |
| 2025 |
7,155 |
| 2026 |
3,498 |
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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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