Crime Rates at Western Road, Leicester, LE3 0GR

Western Road area has the 27th highest crime rate of 79 local areas in Fosse , and the 176th highest crime rate of 942 local areas in Leicester .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Western Road (LE3 0GR) in the last 12 months was 176.5 per 1,000 residents and was 44.6% higher than the Fosse average (122.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -69.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 73.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -37.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -21.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Western Road (LE3 0GR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Mill Lane, where police recorded 167 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Western Boulevard (51 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.