Total Crime Rate
264.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
110.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Vicarage Close area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 43 local areas in Syston , and the 29th highest crime rate of 552 local areas in Charnwood .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Vicarage Close (LE7 1HE) in the last 12 months was 264.8 per 1,000 residents and was 293.8% higher than the Syston average (67.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -42.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 110.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -77.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Vicarage Close (LE7 1HE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 116 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Brookside (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Syston| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | The Stiles | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brookside | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chapel Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Brook Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brook Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Brookfield Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | The Stiles | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brookfield Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jubilee Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Upper Church Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brookfield Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | The Stiles | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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