Total Crime Rate

80.8 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 80.8 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 43.8 8/10
  • Other theft 11.8 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.1 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.7 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.4 2/10
  • Other crime 1.7 1/10
  • Public order 1.7 1/10
  • Robbery 1.7 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • 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

Lockerbie Avenue area has the 16th highest crime rate of 42 local areas in Rushey Mead , and the 452nd lowest 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 Lockerbie Avenue (LE4 7NJ) in the last 12 months was 80.8 per 1,000 residents and was 28.5% higher than the Rushey Mead average (62.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 47.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -10.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lockerbie Avenue (LE4 7NJ), the main crime hotspot is near Rushey Close. Police recorded 47 crimes here, including 24 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Lockerbie Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (17/17)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Theft from the person Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Coatbridge Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Saltcoates Avenue —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Saltcoates Avenue —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Saltcoates Avenue —
Sep 2025Robbery Kintyre Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Dalkeith Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Rushey Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rushey Close Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rushey Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rushey Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Rushey Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Rushey Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Rushey Close Local resolution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Rushey Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Glencoe Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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