Total Crime Rate
10.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
3.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Broadgate Close area has the lowest crime rate of 42 local areas in Birstall East & Wanlip , and the 35th lowest crime rate of 552 local areas in Charnwood .
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 Broadgate Close (LE4 3FA) in the last 12 months was 10.8 per 1,000 residents and was 83.0% lower than the Birstall East & Wanlip average (63.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violent crimes with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Broadgate Close (LE4 3FA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Poplar Avenue, where police recorded 9 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lime Tree Avenue (4 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lime Tree Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | The Meadway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | The Meadway | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lime Tree Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Little Connery Leys | — |
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