Total Crime Rate

109.3 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

56.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

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 109.3 8/10
  • Violent crimes 56.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 44.5 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.2 9/10
  • Public order 10.1 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.1 5/10
  • Drugs 8.1 8/10
  • Other theft 8.1 7/10
  • Burglary 6.1 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.1 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Pollard Road area has the 33rd lowest crime rate of 65 local areas in Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields , and the 350th highest crime rate of 942 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 Pollard Road (LE3 1RB) in the last 12 months was 109.3 per 1,000 residents and was 16.5% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 125.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 56.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Pollard Road (LE3 1RB), the main crime hotspot is near Cort Crescent. Police recorded 56 crimes here, including 24 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Pollard Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Bendbow Rise Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Gallards Hill
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Bendbow Rise Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Pilkington Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Webster Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Pollard Road
Apr 2026Burglary Pollard Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pollard Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hand Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hand Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Didsbury Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cort Crescent Action to be taken by another organisation
Apr 2026Burglary Pilkington Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gallards Hill Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gallards Hill Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gallards Hill Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Hollins Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Raven Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Raven Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Apr 2026Public order Wellinger Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wellinger Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wellinger Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Raven Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Raven Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Raven Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Raven Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Raven Road Local resolution

Data Sources

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