Crime Rates at Waltham Avenue, Leicester, LE3 1FD

Waltham Avenue area has the 5th highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields , and the 78th highest crime rate of 942 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 Waltham Avenue (LE3 1FD) in the last 12 months was 315.1 per 1,000 residents and was 140.6% 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 50 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 71 (≈ 184.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 44.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Waltham Avenue (LE3 1FD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 69 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Odam Close (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.