Total Crime Rate
309.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Raven Road 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 Raven Road (LE3 1RD) 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 Raven Road (LE3 1RD), 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.
View Crime In Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Braunstone Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Pollard Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Raven Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Raven Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Edale Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Braunstone Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Edale Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Didsbury Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodshawe Rise | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Woodshawe Rise | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pollard Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pollard Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pollard Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pollard Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Raven Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pollard Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pollard Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Pollard Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cort Crescent | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cort Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cort Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Cort Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Cort Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cort Crescent | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Pilkington Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Pollard Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Pilkington Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cort Crescent | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cort Crescent | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cort Crescent | — |
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