Total Crime Rate
121.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
99.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cranberry Close area has the 4th highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Braunstone Ravenhurst , and the 31st highest crime rate of 288 local areas in Blaby .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Cranberry Close (LE3 3DL) in the last 12 months was 121.4 per 1,000 residents and was 128.9% higher than the Braunstone Ravenhurst average (53.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 181.8% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 99.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 181.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cranberry Close (LE3 3DL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Conkers Close, where police recorded 42 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hardie Crescent (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Thorpe Astley & St Mary's| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Butterfield Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Conkers Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Neal Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wilson Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cranberry Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Conkers Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Kingsway North | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Conkers Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Conkers Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Columbine Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Pilkington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Pilkington Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Conkers Close | Under investigation |
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