Total Crime Rate

157.6 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · 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 157.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 57.1 9/10
  • Public order 21.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 19.0 7/10
  • Other theft 16.3 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 16.3 9/10
  • Burglary 5.4 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.4 4/10
  • Other crime 5.4 7/10
  • Robbery 5.4 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.7 2/10
  • Drugs 2.7 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Bedale Drive area has the 32nd highest crime rate of 96 local areas in Abbey , and the 233rd 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 Bedale Drive (LE4 2LE) in the last 12 months was 157.6 per 1,000 residents and was 1.7% 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 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 84.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -29.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -16.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bedale Drive (LE4 2LE), the main crime hotspot is near Cotley Road. Police recorded 43 crimes here, including 22 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Bedale Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (14/14)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Morpeth Avenue —
Sep 2025Other theft Cotley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Colsterdale Close —
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Colsterdale Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cotley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cotley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Morpeth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Cotley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Colsterdale Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Colsterdale Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Colsterdale Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Holderness Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Holderness Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Beaumont Leys Lane —
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Data Sources

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