Total Crime Rate
134.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Homestead Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 17 local areas in Thornborough , and the 43rd highest crime rate of 322 local areas in North West Leicestershire .
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 Homestead Road (LE67 8LL) in the last 12 months was 134.3 per 1,000 residents and was 365.2% higher than the Thornborough average (28.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 74.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 18.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 40.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Homestead Road (LE67 8LL), the main crime hotspot is near Kelso Court. Police recorded 46 crimes here, including 29 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Thornborough| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Fortnam Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Heathfield | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kelso Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kelso Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kelso Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Kelso Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Kelso Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Heathfield | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Heathfield | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Melrose Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | John Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Badgers Croft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Johnson Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | John Street | Under investigation |
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