Crime Rates at Gresley Close, Leicester, LE4 0SE

Gresley Close area has the 43rd highest crime rate of 96 local areas in Abbey , and the 360th 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 Gresley Close (LE4 0SE) in the last 12 months was 113.0 per 1,000 residents and was 27.1% lower 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 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 61.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -19.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -17.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gresley Close (LE4 0SE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lime Grove Close, where police recorded 58 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Peppercorn Close (34 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.