Total Crime Rate
307.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Apiary Gate area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 32 local areas in Castle Donington Castle , and the 13th highest crime rate of 322 local areas in North West Leicestershire .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Apiary Gate (DE74 2JA) in the last 12 months was 307.0 per 1,000 residents and was 197.0% higher than the Castle Donington Castle average (103.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 700.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 120.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 23.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Apiary Gate (DE74 2JA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 16 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Eastway (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Castle Donington Castle| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Barn Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grays Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Garden Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Eastway | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Eastway | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Eastway | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Eastway | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Hillside | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Mount Pleasant | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dovecote | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Apiary Gate | Under investigation |
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