Total Crime Rate

76.3 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 76.3 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 20.4 5/10
  • Other theft 10.2 8/10
  • Public order 10.2 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.6 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.6 6/10
  • Drugs 7.6 7/10
  • Other crime 5.1 7/10
  • Theft from the person 5.1 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.5 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Lime Grove Close area has the 18th lowest crime rate of 67 local areas in Beaumont Leys , and the 430th lowest crime rate of 954 local areas in Leicester .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Lime Grove Close (LE4 0UG) in the last 12 months was 76.3 per 1,000 residents and was 45.8% lower than the Beaumont Leys average (140.9 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 Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -70.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 33.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -59.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -24.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lime Grove Close (LE4 0UG), the main crime hotspot is near Lime Grove Close. Police recorded 58 crimes here, including 32 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Lime Grove Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Austwick Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lime Grove Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lime Grove Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lime Grove Close —
Sep 2025Burglary Lime Grove Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Lime Grove Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lime Grove Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lime Grove Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Lime Grove Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lime Grove Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Thornholme Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Cross Hedge Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tilling Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tilling Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Little Wood Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Little Wood Close Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Burglary Acer Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Acer Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lime Grove Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lime Grove Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grassington Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Austwick Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Kelbrook Close Local resolution
Sep 2025Other theft Kelbrook Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Grassington Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Grassington Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kelbrook Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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