Crime Rates at Cort Crescent, Leicester, LE3 1QL

Cort Crescent area has the 6th highest crime rate of 66 local areas in Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields , and the 81st highest crime rate of 954 local areas in Leicester .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Cort Crescent (LE3 1QL) in the last 12 months was 309.7 per 1,000 residents and was 114.5% higher 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 Anti-social behaviour with 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 40 (≈ 94.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -24.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cort Crescent (LE3 1QL), the main crime hotspot is near Cort Crescent. Police recorded 97 crimes here, including 20 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.