Total Crime Rate
92.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
59.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cornwall Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 27 local areas in South Wigston , and the 39th highest crime rate of 178 local areas in Oadby and Wigston .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Cornwall Road (LE18 4YT) in the last 12 months was 92.9 per 1,000 residents and was 10.9% 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 59.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 128.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -75.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cornwall Road (LE18 4YT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Gloucester Crescent, where police recorded 95 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Leopold Street (13 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Bassett Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bassett Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bassett Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Gloucester Crescent | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bassett Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Gloucester Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leopold Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Leopold Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Gloucester Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Gloucester Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Gloucester Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Anglesey Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Gloucester Crescent | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairfield Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Westmorland Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Gloucester Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Clifford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Gloucester Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Gloucester Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Gloucester Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wright Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Gloucester Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bus/Coach Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | South Wigston | — |
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