Total Crime Rate

29.9 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

12.8 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 29.9 3/10
  • Violent crimes 12.8 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 12.8 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.3 3/10
  • Drugs 4.3 5/10
  • Other theft 4.3 4/10
  • Theft from the person 4.3 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Bulwer Road area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 106 local areas in Castle , and the 128th lowest crime rate of 942 local areas in Leicester .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Bulwer Road (LE2 3BU) in the last 12 months was 29.9 per 1,000 residents and was 94.0% lower than the Castle average (495.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 12.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bulwer Road (LE2 3BU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Montague Road, where police recorded 56 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Oxford Road (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Bulwer Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Orlando Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Montague Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Montague Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Montague Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Montague Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Montague Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Landseer Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Landseer Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Orlando Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Montague Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Orlando Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Orlando Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Queens Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft West Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime West Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Pendene Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Lytton Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Lytton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Montague Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Montague Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Lytton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Montague Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Avenue Road Extension Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Oxford Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Edward Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Montague Road
Apr 2026Other theft Montague Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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