Total Crime Rate
89.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
43.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Woodbridge Road area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Belgrave , and the 448th highest crime rate of 942 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 Woodbridge Road (LE4 7RF) in the last 12 months was 89.2 per 1,000 residents and was 16.5% higher than the Belgrave average (76.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 43.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -88.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Woodbridge Road (LE4 7RF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Payne Street, where police recorded 24 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mortoft Road (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Leicester| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jackson Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Pauline Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | St Michaels Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | St Michaels Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Laundry Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Jackson Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stafford Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Checketts Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Road North | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bellholme Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Pauline Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Payne Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Pauline Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ascot Road | Further action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Arbour Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Arbour Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ascot Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sahara Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sahara Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Epsom Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Bernards Avenue | Under investigation |
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