Total Crime Rate

98.2 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

61.4 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 98.2 8/10
  • Violent crimes 61.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 49.1 8/10
  • Public order 12.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.1 8/10
  • Burglary 6.1 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.1 5/10
  • Other crime 3.1 3/10
  • Other theft 3.1 2/10
  • Theft from the person 3.1 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.1 2/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Ellesmere Road area has the 29th lowest crime rate of 65 local areas in Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields , and the 400th 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 Ellesmere Road (LE3 1BF) in the last 12 months was 98.2 per 1,000 residents and was 25.1% lower 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 61.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -35.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ellesmere Road (LE3 1BF), the main crime hotspot is near New Fields Avenue. Police recorded 40 crimes here, including 30 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Ellesmere Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (20/20)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour New Fields Square —
Apr 2026Public order Peverel Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order New Fields Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences New Fields Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences New Fields Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences New Fields Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences New Fields Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences New Fields Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Peverel Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Folville Rise Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Coninsby Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Braunstone Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Fullhurst Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ellesmere Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Robbery Newcombe Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Newcombe Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bonville Place —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bonville Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order New Fields Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bonville Place Under investigation
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Data Sources

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