Total Crime Rate

56.3 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 56.3 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 25.0 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.3 5/10
  • Other crime 6.3 8/10
  • Public order 6.3 5/10
  • Theft from the person 6.3 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.3 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Linwood Close area has the 14th highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Hinckley Clarendon , and the 148th highest crime rate of 360 local areas in Hinckley and Bosworth .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Linwood Close (LE10 0XG) in the last 12 months was 56.3 per 1,000 residents and was 37.2% lower than the Hinckley Clarendon average (89.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -63.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 31.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -61.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Linwood Close (LE10 0XG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 59 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Beryl Avenue (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Linwood Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Palmer Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Preston Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wykin Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lamford Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lamford Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Frederick Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Weston Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hamilton Close Further action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beryl Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beryl Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Preston Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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