Total Crime Rate
118.0 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Bewcastle 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 areaβs 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 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.
View Crime In Abbey| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bewcastle Grove | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tedworth Green | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Holderness Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bewcastle Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bewcastle Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Burdett Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Appleton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Belgrave Boulevard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Belgrave Boulevard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Wheatland Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wheatland Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bewcastle Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wheatland Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Hefford Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Jersey Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Jersey Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Jersey Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Jersey Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Red Hill Way | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Red Hill Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hefford Gardens | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wheatland Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wheatland Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bewcastle Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Holderness Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Caswell Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Colsterdale Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Caswell Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Caswell Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Morpeth Avenue | Under investigation |
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