Total Crime Rate

90.3 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

48.6 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 90.3 7/10
  • Violent crimes 48.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 34.7 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.9 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.9 8/10
  • Public order 13.9 8/10
  • Other theft 6.9 6/10
  • Other crime 3.5 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.5 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Heyford Road area has the 25th lowest crime rate of 65 local areas in Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields , and the 447th 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 Heyford Road (LE3 1SS) in the last 12 months was 90.3 per 1,000 residents and was 31.1% 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -47.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 48.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -46.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -82.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Heyford Road (LE3 1SS), the main crime hotspot is near Sports/Recreation Area. Police recorded 25 crimes here, including 15 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Heyford Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (19/19)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cantrell Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Heyford Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cantrell Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Cantrell Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cantrell Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cantrell Road —
Apr 2026Public order Chaplin Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Chaplin Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Roundhill Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Winforde Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Winforde Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Winforde Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Winforde Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Sports/Recreation Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Cantrell Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Sports/Recreation Area —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Meadwell Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Foxholes Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Wyatt Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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