Total Crime Rate
32.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
17.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Thorpe Field Drive area has the 23rd lowest crime rate of 54 local areas in South Charnwood , and the 184th lowest crime rate of 552 local areas in Charnwood .
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 Thorpe Field Drive (LE4 8GU) in the last 12 months was 32.7 per 1,000 residents and was 61.9% lower than the South Charnwood average (86.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 17.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Thorpe Field Drive (LE4 8GU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Charnwood Close, where police recorded 51 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Charnwood Avenue (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Thurmaston| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Charnwood Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Highway Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Charnwood Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Charnwood Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barkby Thorpe Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Charnwood Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Barkby Thorpe Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thorpe Field Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Barkby Thorpe Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Charnwood Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Charnwood Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Charnwood Close | Under investigation |
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