Total Crime Rate
21.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
18.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Thorndale area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 36 local areas in Ellistown & Battleflat , and the 59th lowest 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 Thorndale (LE67 6PS) in the last 12 months was 21.7 per 1,000 residents and was 73.0% lower than the Ellistown & Battleflat average (80.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Public order ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 18.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Thorndale (LE67 6PS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Swifts Close, where police recorded 91 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Swifts Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Central Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Swifts Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Swifts Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Swifts Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Swifts Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Swifts Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Swifts Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Swifts Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Swifts Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Swifts Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Swifts Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Swifts Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Swifts Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Melbourne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elm Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stonebridge Close | Under investigation |
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