Total Crime Rate
172.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Discovery Road area has the 27th highest crime rate of 96 local areas in Abbey , and the 202nd 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 Discovery Road (LE4 5AB) in the last 12 months was 172.1 per 1,000 residents and was 11.0% 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -57.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 57.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -79.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Discovery Road (LE4 5AB), the main crime hotspot is near Pescall Boulevard. Police recorded 57 crimes here, including 32 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 | Robbery | Chale Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Ariane Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Chale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Chale Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Chale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hutton Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wolsey Island Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Corbridge Close | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Corbridge Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pioneer Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pioneer Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pioneer Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Pioneer Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Corbridge Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Pescall Boulevard | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pescall Boulevard | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Abbey Meadows | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Abbey Park Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Abbey Park Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Harston Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Harston Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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