Total Crime Rate

248.3 per 1,000 10/10 Β· Very High

All offences Β· 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 248.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 95.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 27.3 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 27.3 10/10
  • Public order 27.3 10/10
  • Other theft 25.1 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.7 9/10
  • Burglary 11.4 9/10
  • Drugs 9.1 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.6 7/10
  • Other crime 2.3 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.3 1/10
  • Robbery 2.3 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Bewcastle Grove area has the 13th highest crime rate of 96 local areas in Abbey , and the 119th highest crime rate of 954 local areas in Leicester .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Bewcastle Grove (LE4 2JW) in the last 12 months was 248.3 per 1,000 residents and was 60.2% 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 42 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 266.7% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 56 (β‰ˆ 127.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 36.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bewcastle Grove (LE4 2JW), the main crime hotspot is near Wheatland Road. Police recorded 146 crimes here, including 37 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Bewcastle Grove area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Galway Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bewcastle Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Belgrave Boulevard Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wheatland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Belgrave Boulevard Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Galway Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wheatland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wheatland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Holderness Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Holderness Road β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bewcastle Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bewcastle Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wheatland Road β€”
Sep 2025Other theft Bewcastle Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Jersey Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Jersey Road β€”
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Appleton Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Jersey Road β€”
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Jersey Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bewcastle Grove β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Galway Road β€”
Sep 2025Bicycle theft David Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Galway Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Wheatland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tedworth Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Caswell Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Colsterdale Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Caswell Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Colsterdale Close β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Morpeth Avenue Under investigation

Data Sources

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