Total Crime Rate
4.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
2.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Banbury Drive area has the lowest crime rate of 48 local areas in Shepshed East , and the 12th lowest 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 Banbury Drive (LE12 9PL) in the last 12 months was 4.7 per 1,000 residents and was 94.7% lower than the Shepshed East average (88.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 2.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -85.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Banbury Drive (LE12 9PL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 23 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cowslip Drive (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blackbrook Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chatsworth Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marigold Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Paradise Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chatsworth Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Tamworth Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chatsworth Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Poppy Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cowslip Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cowslip Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cowslip Drive | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cowslip Drive | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
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