Total Crime Rate

98.4 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 98.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 43.7 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.9 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.2 6/10
  • Public order 8.2 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.2 7/10
  • Burglary 2.7 2/10
  • Other crime 2.7 2/10
  • Other theft 2.7 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Holmwood Drive area has the 26th lowest crime rate of 67 local areas in Beaumont Leys , and the 422nd 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 Holmwood Drive (LE3 9LG) in the last 12 months was 98.4 per 1,000 residents and was 30.2% lower 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 51.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -38.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Holmwood Drive (LE3 9LG), the main crime hotspot is near Groby Road Gardens. Police recorded 220 crimes here, including 160 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Holmwood Drive area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Kemp Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Groby Road Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Battersbee Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Groby Road Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Groby Road Gardens Local resolution
Sep 2025Other theft Groby Road Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lamen Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Groby Road Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Groby Road Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Groby Road Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bland Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Groby Road Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Groby Road Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Keightley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Keightley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Groby Road Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Battersbee Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Groby Road Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Groby Road Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Goldfinch Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Holmwood Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kemp Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Groby Road Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Groby Road Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Groby Road Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Groby Road Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Holmwood Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Groby Road Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Groby Road Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Dunnock Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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