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Burglary in Leicester

12 months to June 2026

4.0per 1,000 residents

Police recorded 1,536 burglary offences in Leicester in the 12 months to June 2026, down 13.9% (247) on the previous 12 months. That is 4.0 per 1,000 residents against 3.6 for England and Wales.

  1. Home Office · data.police.uk
  2. street-level crime archive, category “Burglary
  3. local authority via LSOA lookup
  4. population: ONS mid-2025 estimate, 383,116

Monthly, December 2010 to June 2026

Monthly recorded offences: December 2010 to June 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour01002003002010201520202025December 2010: 283 offencesJanuary 2011: 353 offencesFebruary 2011: 305 offencesMarch 2011: 332 offencesApril 2011: 322 offencesMay 2011: 314 offencesJune 2011: 305 offencesJuly 2011: 321 offencesAugust 2011: 256 offencesSeptember 2011: 286 offencesOctober 2011: 324 offencesNovember 2011: 312 offencesDecember 2011: 268 offencesJanuary 2012: 347 offencesFebruary 2012: 268 offencesMarch 2012: 339 offencesApril 2012: 241 offencesMay 2012: 269 offencesJune 2012: 248 offencesJuly 2012: 272 offencesAugust 2012: 212 offencesSeptember 2012: 213 offencesOctober 2012: 308 offencesNovember 2012: 327 offencesDecember 2012: 256 offencesJanuary 2013: 292 offencesFebruary 2013: 229 offencesMarch 2013: 220 offencesApril 2013: 217 offencesMay 2013: 223 offencesJune 2013: 181 offencesJuly 2013: 285 offencesAugust 2013: 262 offencesSeptember 2013: 269 offencesOctober 2013: 302 offencesNovember 2013: 324 offencesDecember 2013: 310 offencesJanuary 2014: 297 offencesFebruary 2014: 293 offencesMarch 2014: 320 offencesApril 2014: 319 offencesMay 2014: 325 offencesJune 2014: 228 offencesJuly 2014: 240 offencesAugust 2014: 239 offencesSeptember 2014: 227 offencesOctober 2014: 304 offencesNovember 2014: 350 offencesDecember 2014: 313 offencesJanuary 2015: 265 offencesFebruary 2015: 207 offencesMarch 2015: 279 offencesApril 2015: 271 offencesMay 2015: 172 offencesJune 2015: 204 offencesJuly 2015: 230 offencesAugust 2015: 260 offencesSeptember 2015: 211 offencesOctober 2015: 231 offencesNovember 2015: 301 offencesDecember 2015: 313 offencesJanuary 2016: 361 offencesFebruary 2016: 240 offencesMarch 2016: 231 offencesApril 2016: 228 offencesMay 2016: 189 offencesJune 2016: 189 offencesJuly 2016: 247 offencesAugust 2016: 252 offencesSeptember 2016: 306 offencesOctober 2016: 347 offencesNovember 2016: 316 offencesDecember 2016: 222 offencesJanuary 2017: 350 offencesFebruary 2017: 236 offencesMarch 2017: 279 offencesApril 2017: 247 offencesMay 2017: 344 offencesJune 2017: 315 offencesJuly 2017: 297 offencesAugust 2017: 312 offencesSeptember 2017: 319 offencesOctober 2017: 351 offencesNovember 2017: 318 offencesDecember 2017: 319 offencesJanuary 2018: 369 offencesFebruary 2018: 288 offencesMarch 2018: 277 offencesApril 2018: 327 offencesMay 2018: 285 offencesJune 2018: 245 offencesJuly 2018: 291 offencesAugust 2018: 330 offencesSeptember 2018: 339 offencesOctober 2018: 279 offencesNovember 2018: 397 offencesDecember 2018: 300 offencesJanuary 2019: 285 offencesFebruary 2019: 237 offencesMarch 2019: 226 offencesApril 2019: 231 offencesMay 2019: 237 offencesJune 2019: 239 offencesJuly 2019: 230 offencesAugust 2019: 229 offencesSeptember 2019: 229 offencesOctober 2019: 268 offencesNovember 2019: 199 offencesDecember 2019: 217 offencesJanuary 2020: 250 offencesFebruary 2020: 237 offencesMarch 2020: 198 offencesApril 2020: 152 offencesMay 2020: 154 offencesJune 2020: 142 offencesJuly 2020: 143 offencesAugust 2020: 158 offencesSeptember 2020: 163 offencesOctober 2020: 209 offencesNovember 2020: 182 offencesDecember 2020: 161 offencesJanuary 2021: 132 offencesFebruary 2021: 144 offencesMarch 2021: 134 offencesApril 2021: 131 offencesMay 2021: 137 offencesJune 2021: 124 offencesJuly 2021: 141 offencesAugust 2021: 134 offencesSeptember 2021: 120 offencesOctober 2021: 159 offencesNovember 2021: 128 offencesDecember 2021: 148 offencesJanuary 2022: 190 offencesFebruary 2022: 182 offencesMarch 2022: 193 offencesApril 2022: 178 offencesMay 2022: 188 offencesJune 2022: 174 offencesJuly 2022: 207 offencesAugust 2022: 209 offencesSeptember 2022: 179 offencesOctober 2022: 205 offencesNovember 2022: 226 offencesDecember 2022: 250 offencesJanuary 2023: 193 offencesFebruary 2023: 148 offencesMarch 2023: 149 offencesApril 2023: 147 offencesMay 2023: 158 offencesJune 2023: 185 offencesJuly 2023: 152 offencesAugust 2023: 147 offencesSeptember 2023: 174 offencesOctober 2023: 190 offencesNovember 2023: 176 offencesDecember 2023: 156 offencesJanuary 2024: 199 offencesFebruary 2024: 156 offencesMarch 2024: 151 offencesApril 2024: 157 offencesMay 2024: 125 offencesJune 2024: 148 offencesJuly 2024: 140 offencesAugust 2024: 163 offencesSeptember 2024: 142 offencesOctober 2024: 174 offencesNovember 2024: 173 offencesDecember 2024: 127 offencesJanuary 2025: 125 offencesFebruary 2025: 121 offencesMarch 2025: 173 offencesApril 2025: 171 offencesMay 2025: 139 offencesJune 2025: 135 offencesJuly 2025: 146 offencesAugust 2025: 124 offencesSeptember 2025: 133 offencesOctober 2025: 148 offencesNovember 2025: 151 offencesDecember 2025: 121 offencesJanuary 2026: 151 offencesFebruary 2026: 96 offencesMarch 2026: 120 offencesApril 2026: 123 offencesMay 2026: 111 offencesJune 2026: 112 offences

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 toOffencesPer 1,000Population year
June 20112,214 (partial)
June 20123,47910.42012
June 20132,9508.72013
June 20143,53410.32014
June 20153,0718.82015
June 20162,9848.42016
June 20173,4619.62017
June 20183,70710.12018
June 20193,3919.22019
June 20202,5056.82020
June 20211,8185.02021
June 20221,9355.22022
June 20232,2565.92023
June 20241,9315.02024
June 20251,7834.72025
June 20261,5364.02025

What this measures

Offences where a person enters a building as a trespasser with intent to steal or commit another offence; residential and non-residential burglary are both included in this police.uk category.

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.

Other categories in Leicester

Every local authority ranked by burglary rate · All recorded crime in Leicester