Total Crime Rate
131.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
66.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Gladstone Street area has the 7th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Wigston All Saints , and the 23rd highest crime rate of 178 local areas in Oadby and Wigston .
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 Gladstone Street (LE18 1AE) in the last 12 months was 131.9 per 1,000 residents and was 51.6% higher than the Wigston All Saints average (87.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -14.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 66.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 31.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Gladstone Street (LE18 1AE), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 66 crimes here, including 31 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Wigston St Wolstan's| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Long Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Long Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maromme Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Horndean Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Two Steeples Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Penney Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Paddock Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Elizabeth Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spring Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Burgess Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Finson Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Calverton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Burgess Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Leicester Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
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