Total Crime Rate
171.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Bedale Drive area has the 28th highest crime rate of 96 local areas in Abbey , and the 204th 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 Bedale Drive (LE4 2LD) in the last 12 months was 171.7 per 1,000 residents and was 10.8% 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 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 85.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 24.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bedale Drive (LE4 2LD), 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 | Holderness Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Morpeth Avenue | Under investigation |
| 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 | Wheatland Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Holderness Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Colsterdale Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Colsterdale Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Colsterdale Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Colsterdale Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Colsterdale Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Caswell Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Caswell Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Caswell Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wheatland Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bewcastle Grove | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Wheatland Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Morpeth Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cotley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tedworth Green | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cotley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Cotley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bewcastle Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Cotley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bewcastle Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bewcastle Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bewcastle Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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