Police recorded 16,972 violence and sexual offences offences in Leicester in the 12 months to June 2026, down 3.5% (618) on the previous 12 months. That is 44.3 per 1,000 residents against 34.7 for England and Wales.
Home Office · data.police.uk
street-level crime archive, category “Violence and sexual offences”
local authority via LSOA lookup
population: ONS mid-2025 estimate, 383,116
Monthly, May 2013 to June 2026
Offences recorded in this category each month, from the street-level archivePublished valueProvisional or revisedLatestShaded bands: governments (see labels)Hover or use arrow keys to read a value
Each year since 2011
Year to
Offences
Per 1,000
Population year
June 2011
4,358 (partial)
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June 2012
6,243
18.7
2012
June 2013
5,953
17.6
2013
June 2014
6,252
18.2
2014
June 2015
5,999
17.1
2015
June 2016
6,975
19.5
2016
June 2017
9,400
26.0
2017
June 2018
12,781
34.8
2018
June 2019
14,607
39.5
2019
June 2020
15,292
41.5
2020
June 2021
18,155
49.5
2021
June 2022
20,171
54.0
2022
June 2023
19,958
52.1
2023
June 2024
18,701
48.4
2024
June 2025
17,590
45.9
2025
June 2026
16,972
44.3
2025
What this measures
Offences against the person, from common assault and harassment to wounding, together with rape and other sexual offences. These are grouped together in the police.uk data and cannot be separated here.
Police-recorded crime counts offences reported to and recorded by the police. It is affected by whether people report crime and by changes in police recording practice, so it does not measure all crime that happens. The Crime Survey for England and Wales is the better guide to long-term trends in the crimes it covers. Police recorded crime is not designated as National Statistics.
A higher recorded rate does not mean an area is more dangerous.