Total Crime Rate

85.7 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 85.7 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 25.7 6/10
  • Public order 20.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.3 6/10
  • Burglary 8.6 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.7 4/10
  • Other crime 5.7 7/10
  • Other theft 5.7 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Myrtle Avenue area has the 8th highest crime rate of 43 local areas in Birstall East & Wanlip , and the 166th highest crime rate of 553 local areas in Charnwood .

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 Myrtle Avenue (LE4 4HU) in the last 12 months was 85.7 per 1,000 residents and was 25.7% 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -37.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 45.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Myrtle Avenue (LE4 4HU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Malling Close, where police recorded 19 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wanlip Lane (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Myrtle Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (11/11)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Myrtle Avenue —
Sep 2025Burglary Malling Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Malling Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wanlip Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Birch Tree Avenue —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Birch Tree Avenue Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Other theft Wanlip Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Northfield Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wanlip Lane —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Acacia Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
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Data Sources

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