Crime Rates at Oaks Road, Great Glen, Leicester, LE8 9EF

Oaks Road area has the highest crime rate of 37 local areas in Glen , and the 28th highest crime rate of 328 local areas in Harborough .

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 Oaks Road (LE8 9EF) in the last 12 months was 126.7 per 1,000 residents and was 196.8% higher than the Glen average (42.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 400.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 78.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 64.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Oaks Road (LE8 9EF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Naseby Way, where police recorded 19 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ruperts Way (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.