Total Crime Rate
22.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Gregson Close area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 42 local areas in Rushey Mead , and the 89th lowest crime rate of 954 local areas in Leicester .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Gregson Close (LE4 7RY) in the last 12 months was 22.6 per 1,000 residents and was 64.0% lower 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 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2024, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 7.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Gregson Close (LE4 7RY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 36 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cotton Close (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Rushey Mead| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rookery Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cotton Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Rookery Lane | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Rookery Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cotton Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cotton Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cotton Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cotton Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cotton Close | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Cotton Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cotton Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Jacklin Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Silverstone Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nagle Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cotton Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Locke Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Rookery Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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