Total Crime Rate

118.0 per 1,000 8/10 Β· 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 118.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 43.6 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 30.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.4 8/10
  • Public order 12.8 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.1 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.6 2/10
  • Burglary 2.6 1/10
  • Other theft 2.6 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.6 2/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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 41st highest crime rate of 96 local areas in Abbey , and the 339th highest crime rate of 954 local areas in Leicester .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Bewcastle Grove (LE4 2JX) in the last 12 months was 118.0 per 1,000 residents and was 23.9% lower 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 Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -34.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (β‰ˆ 56.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bewcastle Grove (LE4 2JX), 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 2025Anti-social behaviour Bewcastle Grove β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tedworth Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Holderness Road β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bewcastle Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bewcastle Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Burdett Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Appleton Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Belgrave Boulevard Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Belgrave Boulevard Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Wheatland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wheatland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Bewcastle Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wheatland Road β€”
Sep 2025Other crime Hefford Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Jersey Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Jersey Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Jersey Road β€”
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Jersey Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Red Hill Way β€”
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Red Hill Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hefford Gardens β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wheatland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wheatland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bewcastle Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Holderness Road β€”
Sep 2025Theft from the person Caswell Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Colsterdale Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Caswell Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Caswell Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Morpeth Avenue Under investigation

Data Sources

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