Total Crime Rate
160.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Wallace Healey Close area has the 7th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in South Charnwood , and the 73rd highest crime rate of 553 local areas in Charnwood .
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 Wallace Healey Close (LE7 2FQ) in the last 12 months was 160.6 per 1,000 residents and was 84.3% higher than the South Charnwood average (87.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 47 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 327.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 29.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -12.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wallace Healey Close (LE7 2FQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Melton Road, where police recorded 77 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Tentercroft Avenue (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In South Charnwood| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Drovers Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Melton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Melton Road | Under investigation |
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