Total Crime Rate

176.8 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 176.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 91.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 24.4 10/10
  • Public order 21.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.2 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.2 7/10
  • Other theft 6.1 6/10
  • Burglary 3.1 2/10
  • Drugs 3.1 3/10
  • Other crime 3.1 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Cranstone Crescent area has the 16th highest crime rate of 67 local areas in Beaumont Leys , and the 195th highest crime rate of 954 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 Cranstone Crescent (LE3 8LA) in the last 12 months was 176.8 per 1,000 residents and was 25.5% 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 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -55.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 38 (≈ 115.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 40.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cranstone Crescent (LE3 8LA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Tatlow Road, where police recorded 51 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.

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Crime Over Time in Cranstone Crescent area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Juno Close —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Tatlow Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Yew Tree Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Yew Tree Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cranstone Crescent Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cranstone Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cranstone Crescent Under investigation
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 2025Criminal damage and arson Tatlow Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tatlow Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Yew Tree Drive 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 2025Anti-social behaviour Rowanberry Avenue —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rowanberry Avenue —
Sep 2025Public order Rowanberry Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Pennant Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Pennant Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dupont Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Yew Tree Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Pennant Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mulberry Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mulberry Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Juno Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Utah Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ganton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sword Close —

Data Sources

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