Total Crime Rate
86.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
36.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Gresley Close area has the 41st lowest crime rate of 96 local areas in Abbey , and the 463rd highest 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 Gresley Close (LE4 0SE) in the last 12 months was 86.0 per 1,000 residents and was 40.3% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violent crimes ( -37.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 36.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -37.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.5% 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 54 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Peppercorn Close (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Leicester| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Collett Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Reeth Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lime Grove Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Little Wood Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Little Wood Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Little Wood Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Butterwick Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Aysgarth Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Aysgarth Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Reeth Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Acer Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Caswell Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beaumont Leys Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lime Grove Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Cross Hedge Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cross Hedge Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Beaumont Leys Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fowler Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cross Hedge Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cross Hedge Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Cross Hedge Close | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gresley Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lime Grove Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lime Grove Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Lime Grove Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Little Wood Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Churchward Avenue | Under investigation |
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