Total Crime Rate

45.8 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

24.3 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 45.8 5/10
  • Violent crimes 24.3 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 21.6 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.2 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.7 1/10
  • Other theft 2.7 1/10
  • Public order 2.7 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Heacham Drive area has the 17th lowest crime rate of 96 local areas in Abbey , and the 246th lowest crime rate of 942 local areas in Leicester .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Heacham Drive (LE4 0LF) in the last 12 months was 45.8 per 1,000 residents and was 68.2% lower than the Abbey average (144.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 24.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Heacham Drive (LE4 0LF), the main crime hotspot is near Norwich Road. Police recorded 27 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Heacham Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Brancaster Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wiltshire Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hipwell Crescent —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Beaumont Leys Close —
Apr 2026Drugs Babingley Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Ingold Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Ingold Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Ingold Avenue Local resolution
Apr 2026Robbery Hipwell Crescent Under investigation
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Data Sources

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