Total Crime Rate

127.4 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 127.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 78.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.0 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.6 7/10
  • Burglary 6.4 7/10
  • Other theft 6.4 6/10
  • Drugs 4.3 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.1 1/10
  • Public order 2.1 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
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Bendbow Rise area has the 33rd highest crime rate of 66 local areas in Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields , and the 304th highest crime rate of 954 local areas in Leicester .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Bendbow Rise (LE3 1SB) in the last 12 months was 127.4 per 1,000 residents and was 11.7% 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 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 39 (≈ 82.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 52.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bendbow Rise (LE3 1SB), the main crime hotspot is near Bendbow Rise. Police recorded 40 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Bendbow Rise area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Somerton Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Pilkington Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dunstall Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dunstall Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dunstall Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dunstall Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dunstall Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Dunstall Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Braunstone Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Hand Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Gallards Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cowdall Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Cowdall Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Other theft Cowdall Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Pilkington Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cantrell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Somerton Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Gunthorpe Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gunthorpe Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Cantrell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cantrell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Cantrell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cantrell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Winforde Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Winforde Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Conkers Close Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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