Total Crime Rate

53.5 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 53.5 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 31.0 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.5 6/10
  • Other crime 2.8 2/10
  • Other theft 2.8 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.8 3/10
  • Theft from the person 2.8 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.8 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Capesthorne Close area has the 18th lowest crime rate of 48 local areas in North Evington , and the 287th lowest crime rate of 954 local areas in Leicester .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Capesthorne Close (LE5 0NN) in the last 12 months was 53.5 per 1,000 residents and was 2.5% higher than the North Evington average (52.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 33.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Capesthorne Close (LE5 0NN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Overton Road, where police recorded 32 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Clevedon Crescent (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Capesthorne Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ickworth Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Braybrooke Road —
Sep 2025Theft from the person Overton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Overton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Portishead Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tunstall Crescent —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Holkham Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Hagley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Braybrooke Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Braybrooke Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sulgrave Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Overton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Sulgrave Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Sulgrave Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Sulgrave Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sulgrave Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sulgrave Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Hagley Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Layton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Thornville Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Overton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Overton Road —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Smedmore Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Quenby Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Brackley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Prestwold Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brackley Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Quenby Street —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Quenby Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Quenby Street Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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