Total Crime Rate

64.1 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 64.1 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 21.4 5/10
  • Other theft 17.1 9/10
  • Public order 8.6 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.3 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.3 4/10
  • Theft from the person 4.3 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.3 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Bulwer Road area has the 30th lowest crime rate of 108 local areas in Castle , and the 360th lowest crime rate of 954 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 3BW) in the last 12 months was 64.1 per 1,000 residents and was 87.2% lower than the Castle average (501.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( 33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 29.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 75.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bulwer Road (LE2 3BW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 53 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
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lorne Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Seymour Road
Sep 2025Other theft Howard Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Howard Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Oxford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oxford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Cradock Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Edward Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Montague Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Queens Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Montague Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Orlando Road
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Orlando Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Orlando Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson West Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Portland Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cross Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lytton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Montague Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Queens Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Queens Road
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gainsborough Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Landseer Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Bulwer Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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