Total Crime Rate

99.5 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 99.5 8/10
  • Shoplifting 41.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 34.7 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.6 3/10
  • Burglary 4.6 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.6 4/10
  • Public order 4.6 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.3 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.3 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Linkfield Avenue area has the 8th highest crime rate of 37 local areas in Mountsorrel , and the 137th highest crime rate of 553 local areas in Charnwood .

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 Linkfield Avenue (LE12 7DH) in the last 12 months was 99.5 per 1,000 residents and was 72.4% higher than the Mountsorrel average (57.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 260.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 41.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 80.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Linkfield Avenue (LE12 7DH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Leicester Road, where police recorded 35 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Beeches Avenue (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Linkfield Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (11/11)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marigold Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Laurel Close Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elm Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beeches Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rothley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Leicester Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leicester Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Moore Gardens Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Beeches Avenue Under investigation
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Data Sources

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