Total Crime Rate

45.8 per 1,000 5/10 · 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 45.8 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 15.3 4/10
  • Other crime 7.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.1 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.1 8/10
  • Public order 5.1 4/10
  • Other theft 2.5 1/10
  • Shoplifting 2.5 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.5 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Brentwood Road area has the 17th lowest crime rate of 108 local areas in Castle , and the 227th lowest crime rate of 954 local areas in Leicester .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Brentwood Road (LE2 6AD) in the last 12 months was 45.8 per 1,000 residents and was 90.9% 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 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 25.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 150.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Brentwood Road (LE2 6AD), the main crime hotspot is near Putney Road. Police recorded 75 crimes here, including 41 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Brentwood Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (18/18)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Putney Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Wordsworth Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Keble Road Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Burglary Kingsley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Putney Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Welford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Welford Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ashford Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Thurlow Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ashford Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Putney Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fleetwood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Knighton Junction Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Putney Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Westbury Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Adderley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cowper Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Keble Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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