Total Crime Rate

223.3 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 223.3 10/10
  • Shoplifting 86.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 30.0 9/10
  • Public order 26.7 10/10
  • Burglary 20.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 16.7 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.3 9/10
  • Other theft 10.0 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.7 5/10
  • Drugs 6.7 7/10
  • Theft from the person 6.7 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Cornwall Road area has the 18th highest crime rate of 96 local areas in Abbey , and the 137th 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 Cornwall Road (LE4 0BA) in the last 12 months was 223.3 per 1,000 residents and was 44.1% higher than the Abbey average (155.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 43.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 225.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -78.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cornwall Road (LE4 0BA), the main crime hotspot is near Devonshire Road. Police recorded 125 crimes here, including 26 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Cornwall Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Devonshire Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Englewood Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Devonshire Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brian Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Devonshire Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blackbird Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blackbird Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Public order Blackbird Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Devonshire Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bristol Avenue
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bristol Avenue
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Anthony Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Devonshire Road
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Oakwood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Larchmont Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Devonshire Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Somerset Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Colwell Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Colwell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Colwell Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Devonshire Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Jean Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Devonshire Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Devonshire Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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