Crime Rates at Mortimer Way, Leicester, LE3 1GR

Mortimer Way area has the highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields , and the 39th 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 Mortimer Way (LE3 1GR) in the last 12 months was 497.6 per 1,000 residents and was 279.9% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -35.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 105.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -21.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Mortimer Way (LE3 1GR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near A5460, where police recorded 73 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near New Fields Avenue (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.