Total Crime Rate

251.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

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 251.8 10/10
  • Burglary 62.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 52.5 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 42.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 38.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 21.0 9/10
  • Other theft 10.5 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 7.0 8/10
  • Public order 7.0 6/10
  • Drugs 3.5 4/10
  • Other crime 3.5 4/10
  • Robbery 3.5 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Ashleigh Road area has the 19th highest crime rate of 81 local areas in Fosse , and the 115th highest crime rate of 954 local areas in Leicester .

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 Ashleigh Road (LE3 0FD) in the last 12 months was 251.8 per 1,000 residents and was 98.1% higher than the Fosse average (127.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Burglary with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -90.0% compared to 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Drugs ( -90.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 62.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 27.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ashleigh Road (LE3 0FD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sykefield Avenue, where police recorded 63 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wilmington Road (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Ashleigh Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hardwick Court —
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Wilmington Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Fosse Road South Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Sykefield Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Sykefield Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Sykefield Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sykefield Avenue —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Winchester Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fosse Road South Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fosse Road South Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hardwick Court —
Sep 2025Drugs Fosse Road South Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Upperton Rise Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Upperton Rise —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wilmington Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wilmington Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Nutfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Canterbury Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Taunton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Guthridge Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Guthridge Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Guthridge Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Taunton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Fosse Road South Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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