Total Crime Rate

72.6 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

31.6 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 72.6 6/10
  • Violent crimes 31.6 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 25.2 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.9 7/10
  • Burglary 9.5 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.3 5/10
  • Public order 6.3 5/10
  • Other crime 3.2 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.2 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 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
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Kensington Avenue area has the 10th highest crime rate of 41 local areas in Dishley, Hathern & Thorpe Acre , and the 204th highest crime rate of 552 local areas in Charnwood .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Kensington Avenue (LE11 4TP) in the last 12 months was 72.6 per 1,000 residents and was 14.2% higher than the Dishley, Hathern & Thorpe Acre average (63.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 31.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -87.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kensington Avenue (LE11 4TP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 95 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sandringham Drive (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Kensington Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Chatsworth Road —
Apr 2026Burglary Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Chatsworth Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Thorpe Acre Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Sandringham Drive —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour De Montfort Close —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Woburn Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Woburn Close —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Sandringham Drive —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —

Data Sources

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