Total Crime Rate
148.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
61.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wilberforce Road area has the 20th highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields , and the 236th highest crime rate of 942 local areas in Leicester .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Wilberforce Road (LE3 0DH) in the last 12 months was 148.4 per 1,000 residents and was 13.3% 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 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -36.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 61.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -78.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wilberforce Road (LE3 0DH), the main crime hotspot is near Westleigh Road. Police recorded 108 crimes here, including 40 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Leicester| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ivy Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blue Fox Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Upperton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Upperton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Upperton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Upperton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sheffield Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sheffield Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Walton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Noel Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Noel Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wolverton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wolverton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wolverton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Wolverton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westleigh Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westleigh Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Equity Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bruce Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Walton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Walton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Lambert Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Westleigh Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Helmdon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Helmdon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Helmdon Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ivy Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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