Total Crime Rate
176.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
82.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Chilcombe Close area has the 25th highest crime rate of 96 local areas in Abbey , and the 177th highest crime rate of 942 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 Chilcombe Close (LE4 2FP) in the last 12 months was 176.0 per 1,000 residents and was 22.2% higher 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 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 82.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Chilcombe Close (LE4 2FP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Kinley Road, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Canonsleigh Road (16 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 | Marwell Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Blenheim Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Marwell Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marwell Close | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marwell Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Barnwell Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bretton Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bretton Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Millbrook Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Halifax Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Halifax Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grovebury Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Helena Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blenheim Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blenheim Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pamela Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marwell Close | Further action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hayden Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hayden Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marwell Close | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Greystoke Close | — |
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