Crime Rates at Elmsthorpe Rise, Leicester, LE3 1ND

Elmsthorpe Rise area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 65 local areas in Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields , and the 94th 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 Elmsthorpe Rise (LE3 1ND) in the last 12 months was 23.5 per 1,000 residents and was 82.1% 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 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -20.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 11.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -87.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Elmsthorpe Rise (LE3 1ND), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Gooding Avenue, where police recorded 37 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Folville Rise (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.