Total Crime Rate

99.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

51.8 per 1,000 8/10 · High

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 99.6 8/10
  • Violent crimes 51.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 43.8 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 31.9 9/10
  • Public order 8.0 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.0 3/10
  • Drugs 4.0 5/10
  • Other theft 4.0 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.0 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Leicester Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 38 local areas in Mountsorrel , and the 134th highest crime rate of 552 local areas in Charnwood .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Leicester Road (LE12 7DD) in the last 12 months was 99.6 per 1,000 residents and was 74.0% higher than the Mountsorrel average (57.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 51.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 44.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Leicester Road (LE12 7DD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Leicester Road, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Elm Gardens (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Leicester Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Berkeley Close Action to be taken by another organisation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Berkeley Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Berkeley Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Berkeley Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Berkeley Close —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Kiln Garth Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Elm Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Leicester Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Leicester Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Leicester Road Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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