Total Crime Rate
54.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Blossom Road area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 66 local areas in Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields , and the 301st lowest crime rate of 954 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 Blossom Road (LE3 1PY) in the last 12 months was 54.6 per 1,000 residents and was 62.2% 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 38.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -34.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Blossom Road (LE3 1PY), the main crime hotspot is near Redmarle Road. Police recorded 38 crimes here, including 22 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 | Public order | Valence Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Guthridge Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Valence Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Dorchester Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | May Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | May Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Thurlington Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Thurlington Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Thurlington Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Guthridge Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Guthridge Crescent | Under investigation |
| 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Astley Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Astley Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Astley Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Astley Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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