Total Crime Rate

51.7 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

28.7 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 51.7 5/10
  • Violent crimes 28.7 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 23.0 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.7 4/10
  • Public order 5.8 5/10
  • Burglary 3.8 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.8 3/10
  • Other theft 3.8 4/10
  • Theft from the person 1.9 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 1.9 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Holmden Avenue area has the 27th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Wigston All Saints , and the 79th highest crime rate of 178 local areas in Oadby and Wigston .

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 Holmden Avenue (LE18 2EF) in the last 12 months was 51.7 per 1,000 residents and was 40.6% lower 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 28.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Holmden Avenue (LE18 2EF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Whitehead Crescent, where police recorded 19 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Holmden Avenue (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Holmden Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Holmden Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Orson Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Orson Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Breedon Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Holmden Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Abington Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Shardlow Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rutland Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Aylestone Lane
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Whitehead Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Whitehead Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Whitehead Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Whitehead Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cherry Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cherry Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Aylestone Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Aylestone Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Aylestone Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Holmden Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Holmden Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Central Avenue Under investigation

Data Sources

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