Total Crime Rate

45.8 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 45.8 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 15.3 4/10
  • Drugs 11.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.6 4/10
  • Other theft 3.8 4/10
  • Public order 3.8 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.8 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 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
  • 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

Welford Road area has the 27th highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Wigston All Saints , and the 85th highest crime rate of 179 local areas in Oadby and Wigston .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Welford Road (LE18 3SN) in the last 12 months was 45.8 per 1,000 residents and was 54.3% lower than the Wigston All Saints average (100.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -20.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 19.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Welford Road (LE18 3SN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Windmill Bank, where police recorded 9 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Langton Road (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Welford Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (4/4)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Roman Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clipstone Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Roman Hill —
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Data Sources

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