Total Crime Rate
107.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
81.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Belfry Drive area has the 33rd lowest crime rate of 66 local areas in Beaumont Leys , and the 365th 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 Belfry Drive (LE3 6UU) in the last 12 months was 107.0 per 1,000 residents and was 25.7% 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 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 81.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 175.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Belfry Drive (LE3 6UU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ryder Road, where police recorded 54 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Outwood Close (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Leicester| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Outwood Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elsworthy Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ryder Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rowanberry Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brookdale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rowanberry Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rowanberry Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oakdale Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Glenrothes Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blairmore Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Glenrothes Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glenrothes Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Copthorne Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ryder Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ryder Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ryder Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ryder Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glenrothes Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ryder Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Outwood Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Chainama Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Outwood Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Appleby Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Appleby Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Outwood Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Outwood Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Appleby Close | Under investigation |
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