Total Crime Rate
95.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Bronte Close area has the 23rd lowest crime rate of 66 local areas in Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields , and the 433rd highest crime rate of 954 local areas in Leicester .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Bronte Close (LE3 1PP) in the last 12 months was 95.6 per 1,000 residents and was 33.8% 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 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 49.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bronte Close (LE3 1PP), the main crime hotspot is near Wynthorpe Rise. Police recorded 61 crimes here, including 37 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Aylmer Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dickens Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | May Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | May Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Ashthorpe Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Alcott Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Redmarle Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Redmarle Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gooding Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wynthorpe Rise | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wynthorpe Rise | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Winstanley Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Winstanley Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dickens Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Overpark Avenue | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dickens Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Dickens Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Aylmer Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Aylmer Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Aylmer Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dickens Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Queensmead Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Dickens Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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