Total Crime Rate

99.3 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

49.7 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 99.3 8/10
  • Violent crimes 49.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 36.1 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 20.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.8 7/10
  • Public order 11.3 8/10
  • Drugs 4.5 5/10
  • Burglary 2.3 1/10
  • Other crime 2.3 1/10
  • Other theft 2.3 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.3 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.3 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Hand Avenue area has the 30th lowest crime rate of 65 local areas in Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields , and the 394th 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 Hand Avenue (LE3 1SP) in the last 12 months was 99.3 per 1,000 residents and was 24.2% 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 49.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hand Avenue (LE3 1SP), the main crime hotspot is near Conkers Close. Police recorded 42 crimes here, including 26 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Hand Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/38)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hand Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hand Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Conkers Close Local resolution
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Worrall Close —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Worrall Close —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Worrall Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cantrell Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cantrell Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Cantrell Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pollard Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Pollard Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Butterfield Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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 2026Anti-social behaviour Gallards Hill —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Bendbow Rise Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Bendbow Rise Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Pollard Road —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Hollins Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Conkers Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Wilmore Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Wilmore Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Winforde Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Pilkington Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Pilkington Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Webster Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Didsbury Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Conkers Close Local resolution
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cantrell Road —
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Data Sources

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