Total Crime Rate
209.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Brook Street area has the 4th highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Shepshed East , and the 44th highest crime rate of 553 local areas in Charnwood .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Brook Street (LE12 9RE) in the last 12 months was 209.3 per 1,000 residents and was 159.9% higher 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 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 79.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -7.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Brook Street (LE12 9RE), the main crime hotspot is near Market Place. Police recorded 25 crimes here, including 13 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Shepshed East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Lawrence Heyhoe Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Market Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Countrymans Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Radnor Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Harriman Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lawrence Heyhoe Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Market Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Market Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Queen Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Bridge Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Cheapside | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lansdowne Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Shepherds Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Brook Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shepherds Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Watts Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Side | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Field Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ploughmans Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Pick Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Britannia Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Palace Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Palace Close | Local resolution |
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