Total Crime Rate
33.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
22.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Broadmead Road area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 30 local areas in Blaby , and the 106th lowest crime rate of 288 local areas in Blaby .
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 Broadmead Road (LE8 4AB) in the last 12 months was 33.6 per 1,000 residents and was 55.3% lower than the Blaby average (75.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 22.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Broadmead Road (LE8 4AB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Westfield Close, where police recorded 10 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Grove Road (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Blaby| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kenny Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grove Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westfield Close | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Latimer Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grove Road | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Lichfield Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grove Road | — |
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