Total Crime Rate
124.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Cantrell Road area has the 31st lowest crime rate of 66 local areas in Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields , and the 317th highest crime rate of 954 local areas in Leicester .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Cantrell Road (LE3 1SD) in the last 12 months was 124.3 per 1,000 residents and was 13.9% 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 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -53.8% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 64.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -15.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cantrell Road (LE3 1SD), the main crime hotspot is near Conkers Close. Police recorded 33 crimes here, including 19 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Dunstall Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Winforde Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dunstall Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dunstall Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dunstall Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Gallards Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cowdall Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cowdall Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Cowdall Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dunstall Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Conkers Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dunstall Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Winforde Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cantrell Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Cantrell Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Meadwell Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Somerton Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cantrell Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Cantrell Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gunthorpe Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cantrell Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Gunthorpe Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Somerton Close | Under investigation |
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