Total Crime Rate
29.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
12.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bulwer 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.
View Crime In Leicester| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Orlando Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Montague Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Montague Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Montague Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Montague Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Montague Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Landseer Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Landseer Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Orlando Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Montague Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orlando Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orlando Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Queens Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | West Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | West Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Pendene Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lytton Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lytton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Montague Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Montague Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lytton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Montague Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Avenue Road Extension | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Edward Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Montague Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Montague Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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