Total Crime Rate

82.4 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 82.4 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 45.8 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.2 5/10
  • Other theft 9.2 7/10
  • Burglary 6.9 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.9 6/10
  • Public order 4.6 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 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
  • 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

Cooks Lane area has the 18th highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Wigston All Saints , and the 49th 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 Cooks Lane (LE18 3TA) in the last 12 months was 82.4 per 1,000 residents and was 17.8% 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 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 50.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 513.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cooks Lane (LE18 3TA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Meadow Hill, where police recorded 16 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Long Meadow (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Cooks Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Freer Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Turville Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ingrams Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Meadow Hill —
Sep 2025Other theft Meadow Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Meadow Hill Under investigation
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Data Sources

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