Crime Rates at Yew Tree Drive, Leicester, LE3 6PL

Yew Tree Drive area has the 8th highest crime rate of 67 local areas in Beaumont Leys , and the 96th 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 Yew Tree Drive (LE3 6PL) in the last 12 months was 285.2 per 1,000 residents and was 102.4% higher 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 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 800.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 46 (≈ 166.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 64.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 2.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Yew Tree Drive (LE3 6PL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ryder Road, where police recorded 58 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mulberry Avenue (36 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.