Total Crime Rate

193.8 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

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 193.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 50.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 37.5 7/10
  • Public order 31.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.8 9/10
  • Other theft 15.6 9/10
  • Burglary 12.5 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.5 9/10
  • Drugs 9.4 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.1 4/10
  • Theft from the person 3.1 4/10
  • Other crime 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

Chelker Way area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 40 local areas in Dishley, Hathern & Thorpe Acre , and the 50th highest crime rate of 553 local areas in Charnwood .

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 Chelker Way (LE11 4SX) in the last 12 months was 193.8 per 1,000 residents and was 217.7% higher than the Dishley, Hathern & Thorpe Acre average (61.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -36.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 68.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 24.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Chelker Way (LE11 4SX), the main crime hotspot is near Hermitage Way. Police recorded 20 crimes here, including 7 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Chelker Way area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Wilstone Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Crosswood Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Hermitage Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hermitage Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Hermitage Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Knipton Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Barden Close —
Sep 2025Public order Crosswood Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Barden Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Crosswood Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Crosswood Close —

Data Sources

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