Crime Rate in Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields, ward

Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields has the 7th highest crime rate of 21 wards in Leicester district and the 813th highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East Midlands), it has the 80th highest crime rate of 752 wards.

The overall crime rate in Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields in the last 12 months was 134.3 per 1,000 residents and was 2.2% higher than the Leicester district average (131.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 1,070 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 14 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 22.2% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -14.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1,397 (≈ 66.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -1.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Harlaxton Street. Police recorded 116 crimes here, including 63 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.