Total Crime Rate

84.5 per 1,000 7/10 · High

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 84.5 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 38.7 7/10
  • Shoplifting 14.1 6/10
  • Other crime 10.6 9/10
  • Public order 7.0 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.0 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.5 2/10
  • Other theft 3.5 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

West Walk area has the 11th highest crime rate of 36 local areas in Ellistown & Battleflat , and the 90th highest crime rate of 322 local areas in North West Leicestershire .

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 West Walk (LE67 6PL) in the last 12 months was 84.5 per 1,000 residents and was 3.7% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 45.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around West Walk (LE67 6PL), 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.

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Crime Over Time in West Walk area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (18/18)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Willow Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Swifts Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Harratts Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Chapel Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Chapel Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Penistone Street —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Swifts Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Swifts Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Swifts Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Melbourne Park Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Melbourne Park Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Melbourne Park Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Melbourne Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Valley Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Swifts Close Formal action is not in the public interest
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Data Sources

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