Total Crime Rate
18.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
11.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Blaby Road area has the lowest crime rate of 27 local areas in South Wigston , and the 39th lowest 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 Blaby Road (LE18 4SD) in the last 12 months was 18.7 per 1,000 residents and was 82.1% lower than the South Wigston average (104.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 11.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -87.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Blaby Road (LE18 4SD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Further/Higher Educational Building, where police recorded 33 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Blaby Road (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In South Wigston| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Irlam Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bassett Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Leopold Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leopold Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bus/Coach Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wright Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairfield Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bassett Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bassett Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Healey Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bassett Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bennett Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bennett Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Matlock Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Timber Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Timber Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | South Wigston | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Timber Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Clifford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | — |
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