Postcode · Leicester
Crime in LE8 8ED
How much crime is recorded in LE8 8ED, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Fleckney, Kilworth & Foxton
- Council
- Harborough
- Region
- East Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,610 (2024)
LE8 8EDLeicester
How safe is LE8 8ED
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 16.7 offences per 1,000 people a year in the LE8 8ED area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 4 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
4/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
16.7
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
32
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Recorded offences per 1,000 people a year (counting both residents and people who work locally, or per 1,000 households for burglary).
LE8 8EDNational
Burglary13.39.1
Violence and sexual offences9.923.6
Public order3.84.6
Anti-social behaviour3.410.7
Criminal damage and arson3.04.7
Other theft2.74.5
Vehicle crime2.43.5
Drugs1.52.4
Other crime1.31.5
Possession of weapons0.90.9
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 35% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.