Total Crime Rate

139.8 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 139.8 9/10
  • Shoplifting 68.1 8/10
  • Public order 17.9 9/10
  • Other theft 14.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 14.3 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.8 5/10
  • Burglary 7.2 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.6 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.6 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Sports Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 34 local areas in Glenfield Ellis , and the 22nd highest crime rate of 289 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 Sports Road (LE3 8AN) in the last 12 months was 139.8 per 1,000 residents and was 76.9% higher than the Glenfield Ellis average (79.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -87.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 35.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 131.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sports Road (LE3 8AN), the main crime hotspot is near Maple Close. Police recorded 34 crimes here, including 8 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Sports Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (5/5)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Maple Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Maple Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Maple Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Dominion Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Olympic Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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