Total Crime Rate

232.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 232.9 10/10
  • Shoplifting 150.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 24.7 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.4 7/10
  • Public order 16.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.2 6/10
  • Other theft 5.5 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.5 5/10
  • Drugs 2.7 2/10
  • Robbery 2.7 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Lyon Close area has the highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Wigston Fields , and the 12th highest crime rate of 179 local areas in Oadby and Wigston .

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 Lyon Close (LE18 2BJ) in the last 12 months was 232.9 per 1,000 residents and was 214.7% higher than the Wigston Fields average (74.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 55 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 129.2% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 43.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lyon Close (LE18 2BJ), the main crime hotspot is near Viking Road. Police recorded 70 crimes here, including 10 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Lyon Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (5/5)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Viking Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Lyon Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs B5418 Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Dale Avenue Local resolution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Viking Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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