Crime Statistics for Beaumont Leys, Leicester, City of Leicester, 2024

Crime statistics for Beaumont Leys, Leicester

There were a total of 191 street level crime incidents in Beaumont Leys in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Public Order.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Beaumont Leys, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime84
Public Order26
Anti Social Behaviour20
Criminal Damage Arson19
Other Theft9
Drugs9
Shoplifting8
Vehicle Crime7
Other Crime3
Burglary3
Bicycle Theft1
Robbery1
Possession Of Weapons1
All Crime191

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Beaumont Leys. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

How grim is your Postcode?

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.



Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Beaumont Leys

We've taken the ten nearest places to Beaumont Leys and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Beaumont Leys has more crime than other surrounding areas.

LocationCrime Incidents
Belgrave (2.24 miles)792
New Parks (1.96 miles)330
Rushey Mead (2.55 miles)318
Beaumont Leys191
Birstall (1.96 miles)126
Rothley (2.24 miles)112
Wanlip (2.77 miles)112
Anstey (1.24 miles)51
Thurcaston (1.24 miles)46
Cropston (1.96 miles)2

32.04%
of Beaumont Leys residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Beaumont Leys?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Beaumont Leys and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

LocationViolent Incidents
Belgrave268
Rushey Mead129
New Parks126
Beaumont Leys84
Birstall54
Wanlip38
Rothley36
Thurcaston23
Anstey22
Cropston1

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Beaumont Leys?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Beaumont Leys to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Beaumont Leys compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Beaumont Leys and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Beaumont Leys is ranked #2.

#WardScore
1Western86
2Beaumont Leys79
3Fosse79
4Abbey77
5Fairestone69
6Rushey Mead60
7Ellis55
8Anstey49
9Birstall Watermead46
10Birstall Wanlip35
11Groby33

Which road in Beaumont Leys has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Beaumont Leys with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Plover Crescent.

Last updated: February 2024
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