Crime Rates at Western Road, Leicester, LE3 0EB

Western 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 Western Road (LE3 0EB) 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 Western Road (LE3 0EB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 112 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Norman Street (37 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.