Total Crime Rate

12.9 per 1,000 1/10 · Very Low

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 12.9 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.3 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.3 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 4.3 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Essex Close area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 29 local areas in Newbold Verdon with Desford and Peckleton , and the 37th lowest crime rate of 360 local areas in Hinckley and Bosworth .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Essex Close (LE9 9HP) in the last 12 months was 12.9 per 1,000 residents and was 77.3% lower than the Newbold Verdon with Desford and Peckleton average (57.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2024, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.

Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 4.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Essex Close (LE9 9HP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 29 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Holmfield Road (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

View Crime In Newbold Verdon with Desford and Peckleton

Crime Over Time in Essex Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Willow Street Further action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Burglary Kirkby Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Salisbury Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Manor Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Norfolk Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
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Data Sources

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