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Crime · Leicester Square
Reported crime in Leicester Square
1,399 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 98 per 1,000 residents.
Total incidents
1,399
Rate / 1,000
98
Categories
14
Months on file
12
By category
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 576 | 41% |
| Anti social behaviour | 192 | 14% |
| Public order | 119 | 9% |
| Criminal damage and arson | 104 | 7% |
| Shoplifting | 103 | 7% |
| Other theft | 86 | 6% |
| Burglary | 72 | 5% |
| Vehicle crime | 60 | 4% |
| Drugs | 33 | 2% |
| Other crime | 19 | 1% |
| Robbery | 12 | 1% |
| Possession of weapons | 12 | 1% |
| Bicycle theft | 6 | 0% |
| Theft from the person | 5 | 0% |
Category by month
| Category | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 55 | 45 | 59 | 46 | 40 | 65 | 57 | 44 | 40 | 46 | 37 | 42 | 576 |
| Anti social behaviour | 21 | 20 | 14 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 20 | 22 | 11 | 17 | 17 | 192 |
| Public order | 10 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 7 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 119 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 9 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 104 |
| Shoplifting | 8 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 103 |
| Other theft | 9 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 86 |
| Burglary | 12 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 72 |
| Vehicle crime | 3 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 60 |
| Drugs | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 33 | |
| Other crime | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 19 | ||
| Robbery | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 12 | ||||
| Possession of weapons | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | ||||
| Bicycle theft | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||||||||
| Theft from the person | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||
| Total | 129 | 114 | 125 | 118 | 102 | 114 | 131 | 132 | 119 | 102 | 109 | 104 | 1399 |
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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Leicester Square, Sept 2025 to Aug 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 14,346.