Total Crime Rate
115.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Keightley Road area has the 34th lowest crime rate of 67 local areas in Beaumont Leys , and the 352nd 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 Keightley Road (LE3 9LP) in the last 12 months was 115.3 per 1,000 residents and was 18.2% 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 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 72.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 2.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Keightley Road (LE3 9LP), 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.
View Crime In Beaumont Leys| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Holmwood Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dillon Rise | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Groby Road Gardens | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Groby Road Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lamen Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Groby Road Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dillon Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Groby Road Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bland Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Groby Road Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Groby Road Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Groby Road Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Groby Road Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Groby Road Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Groby Road Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Groby Road Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Groby Road Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Groby Road Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Groby Road Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Groby Road Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Groby Road Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Groby Road Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Keightley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Keightley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Groby Road Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Heays Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Kemp Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kemp Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Holmwood Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Dunnock Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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