Total Crime Rate

64.7 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

27.0 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 64.7 6/10
  • Violent crimes 27.0 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 24.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 18.9 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.4 4/10
  • Public order 5.4 5/10
  • Drugs 2.7 2/10
  • Other crime 2.7 2/10
  • Robbery 2.7 2/10
  • Theft from the person 2.7 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Hedgerow Road area has the 13th lowest crime rate of 65 local areas in Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields , and the 372nd 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 Hedgerow Road (LE3 1PW) in the last 12 months was 64.7 per 1,000 residents and was 50.6% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 125.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 27.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hedgerow Road (LE3 1PW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Redmarle Road, where police recorded 26 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Thurlington Road (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Hedgerow Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Guthridge Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences May Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Bronte Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Thurlington Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Thurlington Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Thurlington Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Guthridge Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Rancliffe Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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