Crime Rates at Ashtree Close, Oadby, Leicester, LE2 5TA

Ashtree Close area has the 5th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Oadby Brocks Hill , and the 21st highest crime rate of 178 local areas in Oadby and Wigston .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Ashtree Close (LE2 5TA) in the last 12 months was 138.8 per 1,000 residents and was 130.5% higher than the Oadby Brocks Hill average (60.2 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 Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 233.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 78.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 29.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ashtree Close (LE2 5TA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ash Tree Road, where police recorded 32 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Further/Higher Educational Building (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.