Total Crime Rate

95.6 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 95.6 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 43.8 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.9 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.9 8/10
  • Drugs 6.0 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.0 5/10
  • Burglary 4.0 5/10
  • Public order 4.0 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Bronte 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.

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Crime Over Time in Bronte Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Aylmer Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dickens Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime May Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences May Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Ashthorpe Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Alcott Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Redmarle Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Redmarle Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gooding Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wynthorpe Rise Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wynthorpe Rise Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Winstanley Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Winstanley Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dickens Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Overpark Avenue Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dickens Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Dickens Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Aylmer Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Aylmer Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Aylmer Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dickens Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Queensmead Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Dickens Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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