Crime Rates at Meadwell Road, Leicester, LE3 1SU

Meadwell 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 Meadwell Road (LE3 1SU) 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 Meadwell Road (LE3 1SU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cantrell Road, where police recorded 26 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wyatt Close (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.