Total Crime Rate

203.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 203.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 80.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 25.1 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.0 8/10
  • Other crime 15.0 10/10
  • Public order 15.0 9/10
  • Burglary 12.5 9/10
  • Other theft 12.5 8/10
  • Shoplifting 12.5 6/10
  • Drugs 7.5 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.0 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.5 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Halfpenny Close area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 43 local areas in Birstall East & Wanlip , and the 46th highest crime rate of 553 local areas in Charnwood .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Halfpenny Close (LE4 3LQ) in the last 12 months was 203.0 per 1,000 residents and was 197.7% higher than the Birstall East & Wanlip average (68.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 38 (≈ 95.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Halfpenny Close (LE4 3LQ), the main crime hotspot is near Field Leys Way. Police recorded 64 crimes here, including 13 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Halfpenny Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (14/14)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Lawnhurst Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Birstall Meadow Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Lawnhurst Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Nine Riggs Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nine Riggs Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nine Riggs Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gravel Pit Road —
Sep 2025Other crime Dawes Meadow Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft The Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Birstall Meadow Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nine Riggs Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Birstall Meadow Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Field Leys Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Field Leys Way Under investigation
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Data Sources

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