Total Crime Rate

286.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 286.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 83.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 67.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 44.3 10/10
  • Public order 31.3 10/10
  • Other theft 18.2 9/10
  • Other crime 10.4 9/10
  • Drugs 7.8 7/10
  • Robbery 7.8 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.2 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.2 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.6 2/10
  • Burglary 2.6 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Braunstone Avenue area has the 9th highest crime rate of 66 local areas in Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields , and the 94th highest crime rate of 954 local areas in Leicester .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Braunstone Avenue (LE3 1EH) in the last 12 months was 286.5 per 1,000 residents and was 98.4% 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 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 44.4% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 49 (≈ 127.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 28.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Braunstone Avenue (LE3 1EH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 68 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Police Station (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Braunstone Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Odam Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Arden Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Odam Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Odam Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waltham Avenue Under investigation
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Data Sources

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