Total Crime Rate
50.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
33.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hallam Crescent East area has the 5th lowest crime rate of 65 local areas in Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields , and the 277th lowest crime rate of 942 local areas in Leicester .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Hallam Crescent East (LE3 1DE) in the last 12 months was 50.6 per 1,000 residents and was 61.4% 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Public order ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 33.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hallam Crescent East (LE3 1DE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near A5460, where police recorded 73 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Newcombe Road (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Leicester| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coninsby Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | New Fields Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | A5460 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | A5460 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bonville Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bonville Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bonville Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | A5460 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sybil Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | A5460 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newcombe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Newcombe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | A5460 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | A5460 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | A5460 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Fullhurst Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Folville Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ellesmere Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Audley End | — |
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