Total Crime Rate

122.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 122.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 51.8 8/10
  • Burglary 13.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.9 7/10
  • Other theft 10.9 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.9 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.2 4/10
  • Drugs 5.5 6/10
  • Other crime 5.5 7/10
  • Public order 5.5 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Cuffling Drive area has the 31st highest crime rate of 67 local areas in Beaumont Leys , and the 321st highest crime rate of 954 local areas in Leicester .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Cuffling Drive (LE3 6NF) in the last 12 months was 122.6 per 1,000 residents and was 13.0% lower than the Beaumont Leys average (140.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 25.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -55.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 57.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 13.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cuffling Drive (LE3 6NF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 68 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rowanberry Avenue (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Cuffling Drive area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Tatlow Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Chevin Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Outwood Close Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Tatlow Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Outwood Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Brookdale Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Cuffling Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chainama Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chevin Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Appleby Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Appleby Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Appleby Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Blairmore Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Yew Tree Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Rowanberry Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rowanberry Avenue —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rowanberry Avenue —
Sep 2025Burglary Forbes Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Forbes Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Forbes Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tatlow Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tatlow Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tatlow Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tatlow Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Ormen Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bursdon Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Yew Tree Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ryder Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Denham Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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