Total Crime Rate
98.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
74.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wellbrook Avenue area has the 9th highest crime rate of 42 local areas in Sileby & Seagrave , and the 140th highest crime rate of 552 local areas in Charnwood .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Wellbrook Avenue (LE12 7QG) in the last 12 months was 98.5 per 1,000 residents and was 28.0% higher than the Sileby & Seagrave average (77.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour 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 25 (≈ 74.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 31.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wellbrook Avenue (LE12 7QG), the main crime hotspot is near Wellbrook Avenue. Police recorded 29 crimes here, including 22 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellbrook Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pochin Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pochin Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellbrook Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellbrook Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellbrook Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cemetery Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellbrook Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellbrook Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wellbrook Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Newbold Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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