Total Crime Rate

234.7 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 234.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 106.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 35.4 10/10
  • Public order 28.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 25.7 8/10
  • Other theft 12.9 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.7 8/10
  • Drugs 6.4 7/10
  • Burglary 3.2 3/10
  • Other crime 3.2 4/10
  • Theft from the person 3.2 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Roecliffe Close area has the 16th highest crime rate of 96 local areas in Abbey , and the 130th highest crime rate of 954 local areas in Leicester .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Roecliffe Close (LE3 9SD) in the last 12 months was 234.7 per 1,000 residents and was 51.4% higher than the Abbey average (155.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 33 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -31.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 42 (≈ 135.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -26.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -84.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Roecliffe Close (LE3 9SD), the main crime hotspot is near Thorntree Close. Police recorded 54 crimes here, including 35 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Roecliffe Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thorntree Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Thorntree Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thorntree Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thorntree Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thorntree Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Buddon Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Buddon Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Buddon Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Roecliffe Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thorntree Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thorntree Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Thorntree Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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