Total Crime Rate
55.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
20.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Oakley Estate Oakley Road area has the 21st lowest crime rate of 48 local areas in Shepshed East , and the 272nd 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 Oakley Estate Oakley Road (LE12 9AR) in the last 12 months was 55.2 per 1,000 residents and was 37.3% lower than the Shepshed East average (88.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -14.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 20.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Oakley Estate Oakley Road (LE12 9AR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hall Croft, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Market Place (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Hall Croft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hall Croft | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Radnor Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Hall Croft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Britannia Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Britannia Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Britannia Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hall Croft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hall Croft | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hall Croft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Oakley Road | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Market Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Belton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Market Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Marsden Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hall Croft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lenton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lenton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cheapside | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lenton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cheapside | Under investigation |
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