Total Crime Rate
24.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Bakers Field Close area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 36 local areas in Ellistown & Battleflat , and the 61st lowest crime rate of 322 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 Bakers Field Close (LE67 6JR) in the last 12 months was 24.8 per 1,000 residents and was 71.7% lower than the Ellistown & Battleflat average (87.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , down -83.3% compared to 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Vehicle crime ( -83.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 14.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -16.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bakers Field Close (LE67 6JR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Swifts Close, where police recorded 54 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Ellistown & Battleflat| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Swifts Close | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wellington Court | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brookside Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Harratts Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Chapel Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Chapel Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Swifts Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Swifts Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Swifts Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Swifts Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Penistone Street | — |
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