Crime Rates at Hand Avenue, Leicester, LE3 1SN

Hand Avenue area has the 11th highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields , and the 159th highest crime rate of 942 local areas in Leicester .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Hand Avenue (LE3 1SN) in the last 12 months was 186.1 per 1,000 residents and was 42.0% higher 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Other crime ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 86.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hand Avenue (LE3 1SN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Pollard Road, where police recorded 38 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wellinger Way (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.