Crime Rates at Watkin Road, Leicester, LE2 7BA

Watkin Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields , and the 165th highest crime rate of 942 local areas in Leicester .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Watkin Road (LE2 7BA) in the last 12 months was 180.4 per 1,000 residents and was 37.8% higher than the Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields average (131.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 75.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 59.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Watkin Road (LE2 7BA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Tarragon Road, where police recorded 127 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (56 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.