Total Crime Rate
87.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
37.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bronte Close area has the 24th lowest crime rate of 65 local areas in Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields , and the 455th highest crime rate of 942 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 87.7 per 1,000 residents and was 33.1% 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -30.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 37.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bronte Close (LE3 1PP), the main crime hotspot is near Wynthorpe Rise. Police recorded 60 crimes here, including 41 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Leicester| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | May Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Winstanley Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Walpole Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Walpole Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Walpole Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Walpole Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Gooding Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Haworth Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dickens Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wynthorpe Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Walpole Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wynthorpe Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wynthorpe Rise | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Galsworthy Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Winstanley Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Winstanley Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Wynthorpe Rise | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Rancliffe Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bronte Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Walpole Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Galsworthy Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aylmer Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Aylmer Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Aylmer Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Aylmer Road | Under investigation |
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