Total Crime Rate

124.3 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 124.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 36.7 7/10
  • Public order 17.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.1 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.1 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.3 8/10
  • Burglary 8.5 8/10
  • Drugs 5.7 6/10
  • Other crime 5.7 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.8 3/10
  • Other theft 2.8 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.8 3/10
  • Theft from the person 2.8 3/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Compton Road area has the 32nd lowest crime rate of 66 local areas in Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields , and the 315th highest crime rate of 954 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 Compton Road (LE3 2AA) 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -37.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 56.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Compton Road (LE3 2AA), the main crime hotspot is near Westleigh Road. Police recorded 123 crimes here, including 42 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Compton Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Evelyn Drive —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mavis Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mavis Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mavis Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mavis Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Haddenham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Westleigh Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Evelyn Drive —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Evelyn Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Wolverton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Westleigh Road —
Sep 2025Other theft Westleigh Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ivy Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Danvers Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Raymond Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Raymond Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Raymond Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Danvers Road —
Sep 2025Other theft Danvers Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Compton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Danvers Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Westleigh Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hopefield Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westleigh Road Local resolution

Data Sources

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