Total Crime Rate

125.4 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 125.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 61.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 30.6 10/10
  • Other theft 15.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.1 3/10
  • Burglary 6.1 6/10
  • Other crime 3.1 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.1 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Whittington Drive area has the 5th highest crime rate of 36 local areas in Groby , and the 45th highest crime rate of 360 local areas in Hinckley and Bosworth .

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 Whittington Drive (LE6 0ND) in the last 12 months was 125.4 per 1,000 residents and was 156.1% higher than the Groby average (49.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 233.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 61.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 14.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Whittington Drive (LE6 0ND), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Saxons Rise, where police recorded 26 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Whittington Drive (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Whittington Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bradgate Drive —
Sep 2025Burglary Saxons Rise Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Saxons Rise —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Poplars —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Poplars —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Poplars Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Bradgate Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Markfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Bradgate Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bradgate Drive —
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Data Sources

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