Total Crime Rate
59.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
31.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Forest Road area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 22 local areas in Coalville East , and the 132nd highest crime rate of 323 local areas in North West Leicestershire .
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 Forest Road (LE67 3SN) in the last 12 months was 59.6 per 1,000 residents and was 13.0% lower than the Coalville East average (68.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violent crimes ( 150.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 31.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 150.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 12.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Forest Road (LE67 3SN), the main crime hotspot is near Forest Road. Police recorded 52 crimes here, including 27 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Hugglescote St Mary's| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bakehouse Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Holly Bank | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Peggs Grange | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Broad Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prince Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Forest Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Forest Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Forest Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Forest Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Forest Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moreton Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bakehouse Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Forest Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Moreton Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wyggeston Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Breach Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Wyggeston Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wyggeston Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Breach Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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