Total Crime Rate
147.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
59.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Chartley Road area has the 21st highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields , and the 239th highest crime rate of 942 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 Chartley Road (LE3 1AB) in the last 12 months was 147.9 per 1,000 residents and was 12.9% 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 59.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Chartley Road (LE3 1AB), the main crime hotspot is near Harlaxton Street. Police recorded 117 crimes here, including 63 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 | Other crime | Harlaxton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sykefield Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Harlaxton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Harlaxton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Harlaxton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harlaxton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sykefield Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ashleigh Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sykefield Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Harlaxton Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sykefield Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harlaxton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sykefield Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gaddesby Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gaddesby Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sykefield Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sykefield Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sykefield Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fosse Road South | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sykefield Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sykefield Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sykefield Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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