Total Crime Rate

159.7 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 159.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 44.5 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 36.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 26.2 8/10
  • Public order 15.7 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 15.7 9/10
  • Drugs 5.2 6/10
  • Other crime 5.2 7/10
  • Other theft 5.2 5/10
  • Burglary 2.6 1/10
  • Robbery 2.6 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Beaumont Leys Lane area has the 31st highest crime rate of 96 local areas in Abbey , and the 228th 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 Beaumont Leys Lane (LE4 2BF) in the last 12 months was 159.7 per 1,000 residents and was 3.0% higher 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 62.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Beaumont Leys Lane (LE4 2BF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Beaumont Leys Close, where police recorded 23 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hefford Gardens (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Beaumont Leys Lane area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wheeldale Close
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hipwell Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Norwich Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Norwich Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Norwich Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Norwich Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Norwich Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Norwich Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Norwich Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dersingham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sheringham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hayden Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Dersingham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hefford Gardens
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Seddons Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Hefford Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Potterton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Burdett Way Under investigation

Data Sources

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