Total Crime Rate
61.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Chatsworth Close area has the 21st highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Shepshed East , and the 242nd highest crime rate of 553 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 Chatsworth Close (LE12 9LE) in the last 12 months was 61.0 per 1,000 residents and was 24.2% lower than the Shepshed East average (80.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 125.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 42.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Chatsworth Close (LE12 9LE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Longcliffe Road, where police recorded 20 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Clover Road (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Shepshed East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Blackbrook Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clover Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Griffin Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Paradise Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Griffin Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Griffin Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Longcliffe Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Longcliffe Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Primrose Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Thorpe Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Blackbrook Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Thorpe Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Thorpe Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clover Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Cowslip Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cowslip Drive | Under investigation |
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