Total Crime Rate
124.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
51.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bridge Way area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 69 local areas in Cosby & South Whetstone , and the 28th highest crime rate of 288 local areas in Blaby .
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 Bridge Way (LE8 6LY) in the last 12 months was 124.1 per 1,000 residents and was 125.7% higher than the Cosby & South Whetstone average (55.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 66.7% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 51.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bridge Way (LE8 6LY), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 51 crimes here, including 18 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brookside | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Anna'S Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Avon Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Anna'S Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Avon Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenfields | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Henson Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Henson Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Cemetery Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Attfield Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Anna'S Way | — |
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