Crime Rates at Cort Crescent, Leicester, LE3 1QJ

Cort Crescent area has the 25th lowest crime rate of 66 local areas in Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields , and the 373rd highest crime rate of 954 local areas in Leicester .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Cort Crescent (LE3 1QJ) in the last 12 months was 109.3 per 1,000 residents and was 24.3% 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 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 54.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cort Crescent (LE3 1QJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cort Crescent, where police recorded 97 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bendbow Rise (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.