Total Crime Rate
81.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
37.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bursdon Close area has the 22nd lowest crime rate of 66 local areas in Beaumont Leys , and the 458th lowest 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 Bursdon Close (LE3 6PG) in the last 12 months was 81.3 per 1,000 residents and was 43.6% lower than the Beaumont Leys average (144.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 37.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -21.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bursdon Close (LE3 6PG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 46 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dupont Close (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Leicester| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Frolesworth Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Frolesworth Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dupont Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dupont Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Allexton Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cokayne Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dupont Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dupont Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sacheverel Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Frolesworth Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sharmon Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Drayton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Drayton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Drayton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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