Total Crime Rate

112.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

31.4 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 112.6 8/10
  • Violent crimes 31.4 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 26.2 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 20.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.7 7/10
  • Drugs 13.1 9/10
  • Other theft 7.9 7/10
  • Public order 5.2 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.6 2/10
  • Burglary 2.6 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Westcotes Drive area has the 40th lowest crime rate of 79 local areas in Fosse , and the 339th highest crime rate of 942 local areas in Leicester .

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 Westcotes Drive (LE3 0QT) in the last 12 months was 112.6 per 1,000 residents and was 7.7% lower than the Fosse average (122.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 31.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Westcotes Drive (LE3 0QT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 95 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Fosse Road Central (42 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Westcotes Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/88)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Drugs Shaftesbury Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Livingstone Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shaftesbury Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Cranmer Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Cranmer Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cranmer Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cranmer Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Briton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Livingstone Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Livingstone Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Livingstone Street —
Apr 2026Burglary Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Livingstone Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Catesby Street —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Upperton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Upperton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Browning Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Briton Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Musgrove Close —
Apr 2026Burglary Musgrove Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Browning Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Roman Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Musgrove Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fosse Road Central Local resolution
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Tyndale Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Tyndale Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Arundel Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Cambridge Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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