Total Crime Rate
72.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Wyville Row area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 66 local areas in Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields , and the 409th lowest crime rate of 954 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 Wyville Row (LE3 1GU) in the last 12 months was 72.6 per 1,000 residents and was 49.7% lower 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 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 51.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -40.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -5.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wyville Row (LE3 1GU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 68 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Caldecote Road (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Audley End | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Caldecote Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Caldecote Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Caldecote Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Caldecote Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Caldecote Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ayston Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Ayston Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Braunstone Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Audley End | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Beechcroft Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beechcroft Avenue | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Beechcroft Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Caldecote Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | New Fields Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hallam Crescent East | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Audley End | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | New Fields Avenue | Under investigation |
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