Crime Rate in Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields, ward

Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields has the 6th highest crime rate of 21 wards in Leicester district and the 703rd highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East Midlands), it has the 61st highest crime rate of 752 wards.

The overall crime rate in Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields in the last 12 months was 144.4 per 1,000 residents and was 6.2% higher than the Leicester district average (135.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 1,144 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 20 cases , up 66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -50.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1,479 (≈ 70.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -1.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -24.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 143 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Harlaxton Street (72 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.