Total Crime Rate
151.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Wilberforce Road area has the 24th highest crime rate of 66 local areas in Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields , and the 242nd highest crime rate of 954 local areas in Leicester .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Wilberforce Road (LE3 0DJ) in the last 12 months was 151.5 per 1,000 residents and was 4.9% higher than the Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields average (144.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -38.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 62.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -24.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -0.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wilberforce Road (LE3 0DJ), the main crime hotspot is near Westleigh Road. Police recorded 123 crimes here, including 42 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Westleigh Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Helmdon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Helmdon Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Helmdon Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Eastleigh Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Eastleigh Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Eastleigh Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Eastleigh Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Helmdon Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Helmdon Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Helmdon Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Wolverton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Danvers Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Westleigh Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Westleigh Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Upperton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Upperton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Upperton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Upperton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Upperton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Helmdon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Danvers Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Upperton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Bisley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Raymond Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Raymond Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Great Central Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Raymond Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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