Total Crime Rate
213.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Highway Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in South Charnwood , and the 42nd highest crime rate of 553 local areas in Charnwood .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Highway Road (LE4 8FQ) in the last 12 months was 213.0 per 1,000 residents and was 144.4% higher than the South Charnwood average (87.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 58.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -34.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 87.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Highway Road (LE4 8FQ), the main crime hotspot is near Checkland Road. Police recorded 91 crimes here, including 48 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In South Charnwood| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Barkby Thorpe Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Charnwood Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Charnwood Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Charnwood Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Charnwood Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Charnwood Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Charnwood Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Charnwood Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Barkby Thorpe Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Barkby Thorpe Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Checkland Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Barkby Thorpe Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Barkby Thorpe Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Barkby Thorpe Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ashfield Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Brackenfield Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Checkland Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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